Tiny the travelling troll

During the first week of December, Pinky travelled to the Maldives with Anastasia, her Russian host! What a fun opportunity : I'm sure she'll have a fantastic trip! Here's what I received from Nastya : « Our trip to the Maldives has begun! It took us 24 hours to get here: by car to the airport, twice by plane (5 hours each flight: Moscow-Dubai, Dubai-Male) and by hydroplane to the island. Now we’re here and we’re excited! I send you some pictures from the trip. We flew by Emirates (economy class) which is a very good company. They’re famous for their First Class where on A-380 (the biggest plane in the world) people have separate rooms all for themselves! But it’s very expensive so we choose economy class. Though the flight was comfortable. Pinky and I watched some movies including Aristocats. It’s such a cute cartoon! :)  I also send you a picture with Maldivian language. It looks so quirky!  Right now we’re at a restaurant enjoying our meal. Then we...

Pinky is still in Moscow, where she is having a really great time with her host Anastasia! Here's an account of her latest adventures : « Hi! I took Pinky to explore the Russian subway! :) On our way to the Moscow museum, we visited Парк победы (Park pobedy - Victory park), Киевская (Kiyevskaya - well, two of them on different lines) and Парк культуры (Park kultury - Culture park). Moscow Metro was opened in 1935. It consisted of 13 stations and only one line. It was the first ever subway in the Soviet Union. This time we visited one of the deepest stations in the world - Park pobedy. Although, we didn't witness the escalator because we only went there for the transition to another line... Fact: Moscow Metro is one of the busiest ones in the world! I think the most crowded station I usually go to is Kiyevskaya because it's also a train station to the Oblast' (the Suburbs). In addition, it's a part of the Circle (brown, or 5) line which is very useful if ...

In October, while Tiny was on his way to Thailand, I received an email from Anastasia, in Moscow, who was offering to host him and even take him on a trip to the Maldives and Dubai! The only problem was that Tiny had to get to Moscow before December 4th. Since we weren't sure that he was going to make it on time, his little sister, Pinky, volunteered to jump into an envelope and be shipped immediately to Moscow! She was a good fit for her host there, too, as Nastya loves pink! Pinky arrived in Moscow during the week of November 11th and immediately proceeded to visit the city and have a great time with her host! Here's what I received from her host, Nastya (Telopho) : November 15th, 2019 : "Hi! Pinky's adventure has begun! :) Pinky's first place in Moscow was МГУ, or MSU - Moscow State University, specifically - The first Humanities Building where my Chinese classes take place. From here you can see the main building of MSU which was build back in US...

Tiny was given a Thai name, Jidrid ("tiny" in Thai), by his host in Bangkok, who took him out for lunch and then to an antique and fair market and to a K-pop fair. He also had the opportunity to check out the Bangkok subway! Here's what his host (Medileen) sent me : Day 1 - October 25th 2019 "Finally, Tiny just arrived from Canada. It's a bit hard for him because of the weather here. I told him that it's autumn but he never knew kind of autumn in Thailand. It's about 95F. I took him for the first lunch in Thailand. It's called Pepper lunch. The raw meat with vegetables and rice are placed on the hot plates, that you can cook them with sauce and pepper before you eat it. The meat and its taste can be whatever depending on your preference. This is Tiny and I've got a thai name! The host called me 'Jidrid' it means Tiny in Thai." Day 2 - October 26th 2019 "This day is actually too hot to being outside, bu...

Taken from Nepean Point, a cliff over the Ottawa River, located behind the National Art Gallery.

Gatineau Park (or Parc de la Gatineau in French) is a large national park located in Gatineau, where I live. It spans kilometers upon kilometers of land right in the city and contains several lakes, beaches, mountains, bike paths, walkways. People go there to hike, cycle, swim and bathe in summer, and to hike, snowshoe and ski in the winter. It's a wonderful place!