We were surprised when Kathy from the Micro Business Development Centre walked into the Blue Canoe and announced that we were nominated for the Almaguin’s Excellence in Business Award, and even more surprised to win!
Mark and I attended the awards ceremony along with 30 other small businesses in the area. This was the first year [...]
It’s the end of our holidays and we are looking forward to returning home and sharing more detail with our friends and family about our wonderful visit to Budapest.
But first, tonight it’s off to a Halloween Party with a fellow we met at the conference last week. Jay works with young people in Serbia [...]
The small village of Sentendre, about 20 km from Budapest demonstrates what is possible when a group of people share a common vision for their community. We boarded the HEV, a small train connecting numerous small communities to Budapest, similar to the Go trains in operating in the Greater Toronto Area.- even painted [...]
Looking over the 90 photos we took yesterday reveals a busy day in Budapest: The Terror Museum, Hero’s Square, Budapest Zoo, Dinner by the Danube and the Budapest Folk Ensemble on stage. Although we did not take any photos at the museum, it was the most emotionally charged part of our day. The museum [...]
The time is coming and our guides here at the Edge are getting ready for an exciting season here in South River. Liz and myself went for a long hike to check out some possible new dog sledding trails in the area this week. Liz did a great job explaining to me the exciting experience [...]
It is hard to believe that it is October 27 and 10 degrees out. What an incredible fall season we have been having. Now that the leaves are off the trees, a new and different landscape has been exposed. The true “lay of the land” can now be seen, exposed rock, hidden [...]
Ok, anyone who has visited us at the Algonquin Park retreat knows that we all have a bit of a sweet tooth. So it is easy to understand that we have been quite enjoying numerous tortes, cookies and other sweets. A stop at the market had us looking for cookies that we often make for [...]
Hello from Budapest to our family and friends at Algonquin Park and elsewhere. A few nights go we went to Buda Hill for a Hungarian fine dining experience. It was really. really outstanding food by anyone’s standards. Afterwards we emerged into a thickening fog, at quite an exotic location. As we [...]
It has been busy times here at the EDGE. While Todd and Martha have been away, Wendy and I have been trying to meet the challenges of the daily operations. It turns out that this has been a great team building opportunity. Only having each other to rely upon, we have become [...]
Yesterday was the anniversary of the student led revolt against the Russians in 1956. Although the country wasn’t rid of communism until democratic elections in 1989, this day, Oct 23, is a national holiday. There was a display set up near a mall (which was closed) with tanks and barbed wire and barricades reenacting the [...]
