Not Much To Report

Today was mostly uneventful in Germany as an extremely flaky host in Strasbourg delayed our departure from Cologne for 1 day. So tomorrow we will head back on the road or i guess back on the rail is more appropriate.

Now that John and I are leaving Germany i thought it'd be interesting to share a few observations that John and I have made about Cologne. It seems that drinking is not just a social activity here but one for every moment of the day. It may be that they have more types of beer then anyplace i've seen before or that the only shops open later then 11:00 are liquor ones. Regardless, drinking is done with a kind of religious fervor in Cologne. Also everyone seems to smoke, which is fine except for now all my clothes smell like smoke... which is icky.

In other news Sandals are much more comfortable then shoes and now that i have some i'm never going back.

My toes are in the open,

Stuart from Canada

Water Fight

Sup everyone!

Today we witnessed something great. Something...great.

Today we witnessed

Wasserschlacht auf der Domplatte

The greatest event EVER!

Today people went to a greatly honoured religious institution with super soakers and wrecked each other with the awesome power of water.

It really is hard to describe, especially when the wine of a German birthday party has done its work, but luckily, we took videos well before that delectable French wine imported to China exported to Germany took its effect and below is the result. Enjoy!

And to anyone who was at that b'day party, happy b'day and you're all just awesome.

Anywho...

L'chaim to water fights,

John from Canada

Blasphemy Mondays

Hello everyone,

Today is an important date in the history of www.lastoke.ca, because today is the first day of the Lastoke Comments Optimization Program, or LaCOP. LaCOP is the first in a long line of optimization programs sure to be rolled out by the new year.

What is LaCOP, you ask? Well, it's just what it sounds like. Here's a guide to how it works extracted from the Lastoke Corporate Strategies Guide 2009, or LaCorStraGui '09.

LaCOP suggests positive commenting behaviours by implanting good examples in a troubled comments section. Through these "suggestive behaviours", LaCOP encourages the unruly web-viewing public to comment with thorough efficiency and maximum impact.

Are you as excited as we are?! Today, Stuart and I will comment in our very own section exemplifying good comment behaviour! So you better get your comments in there fast, cause this section is filling up in no time!

Now that that has been addressed, a little about Cologne...

Oh wait, this post is too long already! So with that...

My panda is on fire, put it out, put it out,

John from Canada

Travel Days

I'm a travelin' man...

Today was another long travel day, complete with hopping on the wrong train and arriving an hour later than predicted. Still, we have once again miraculously found ourselves with a roof over our head, so we can't complain.

In case you're wondering where we traveled to, it happens to be Cologne, the city of heavily scented people (not really) on the Rhine in northwest Germany. Tomorrow, we'll be headed to the nearby city of Bonn to see the Rhinekultur festival, a free music festival with 150-thousand people.

Unfortunately for you, it happens to fall on a Saturday, so...no videos on Saturday...hate to say it, but you know how upset the union would be if we broke the rules...sorry...

Anyway, enjoy some more of the trials and tribulations of those crazy Lastoke boys on their big-city travels!

Cheers,

John from Canada

P.S: Trip section has been updated once again, though most people will experience some problems viewing it. I'm trying to fix it, but it's not on the top of my list. Sorry!