PEI and the Trip Home

We decided to swing by PEI on the way home because it was so close. The confederation bridge is also a Canadian landmark and an engineering marvel that was featured on the Discovery Channel. The original plan was to go have dinner in Charlottetown, but the wind was blowing hard and there were snow drifts on the road. It was a nice sunny day but still brutally cold.

We crossed the bridge and pulled into a little sleepy town called Summerside and had some seafood for lunch. Funny enough, the restaurant was out of lobster at the time.

Here's a picture of the bridge:


Really cool driving across it.

We stayed the night in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Not much of town...I was surprised by how small it was. New Brunswick doesn't have much in it anyways. Small logging communities and long stretches of road with nothing around. Scenic though.

We hit a bad snow storm around Quebec City and were stuck in it for the rest of the ride home. Driving through Montreal was brutal! We just took our time the rest of the way and made it home safely.

MBA Games in Halifax

It's been a while since my last post. I was waiting for some pictures from MBA games and then course work kicked in.

The games were good times! The first night was exciting with lots of cheering and excitement. I felt sorry for a wedding reception that was being held in the hotel at the same time...we must have been really loud.

Overall, we weren't that impressive on the sports front. We got hammered in basketball and didn't do so well in dodgeball. We won both our waterpolo games and did well in the outdoor soccer portion. We had a small contingent and there isn't a lot of athletic talent in our class anyways. It was still fun though.

Unfortunately, someone broke the window of our van in the hotel parking lot and stole a laptop. We got a new van rental but had to pay a $500 deductible on the damages. Apparently Nova Scotia's experiencing hard times and there are a lot of similar robberies in Halifax.

Anyways, here are some pictures from the games:











Here's a little clip of the opening ceremonies:


The waterpolo team:


Love this picture!


The dodgeball team:




The snow soccer team:


The basketball team:


me in action




Group picture after the closing night dinner:


The Dalhousie business school did a great job organizing it. With 13 different schools and a couple hundred mba students (organizing them is like herding cats) it couldn't have been easy but they pulled it off.