190km/h on autobahn in munich now!

"Wanna just rent a car and drive to the some insane carnival party in Germany?"

There comes a time in every young man's life when he must decide which cologne is right for him...

Hugo Boss..? Diesel..? D&G..? Gucci.., Walmart Womanizer..? Some may think the choices are limited, straightforward and even repetitive... but what if you want more from your cologne? What if you Dream Big Dreams..?

Today, we 4 Canucks from Buda embark on a journey that will see us travel to the end of the earth (or at least to northern Europe) and face Dragons the size of really big Dragons (or at least a wild rabbit... or pigeon...), we will represent the Great White North in a party that started all parties.

Stay tuned for the random updates, special guest interviews and breaking news, as we bring you the action after it happens - completely censored and editied for political purposes.

***if this blog post was a little too "washy", if it didnt "dry", please google "Cologne Carnival"

How to wash your dry clothes***

"Dude that is sick!! we should deff import these to N.America" - Rookie Mistake

2-in-1 Shampoo saves valuable time every morning for people of all races and blood types.

2-in-1 Drying-Washing Machines have been the source of pajama-less-nights and the occasional Friday night tear since its discovery on the 23rd of January. This "on-paper masterpiece" has single-handily quadrupled our carbon footprint, multitplied our utilty bills and tested our sanity.

PS> it should not take 9 hours to dry a couple pairs of Dolce & Gabbana knickers and a sweater vest...

You may be thinking to yourself wow that sounds AWESOME!!! a washing machine, that also drys your clothes... that's like totally efficient and cool! - yes, maybe... in theory, but how many Queen's Commerce lads does it take to figure out how to use one... more than we have available.

Just because it sounds super cool, totally awesome and safe... doesn't mean it will be - please see "Jurassic Park".

***fun fact: in order to dry your clothes, it must first pour more water on them... hmmm... this gets dangerously repetitive when the cycle finishes and your "save the rainforest" t-shirt is still soaking wet...

its been a while

For those who thought I stopped...

pushups: 26

Situps: 38

Still not great, but getting there.

Valentine's Day 2009

On Valentine's Day 2009, we ventured to one of Budapest's most famous sites: the flea market. If you can imagine the typical flea market back home, add about 3x as much crap, subtract about half as many booths, and add in the fact that we were all tired, cold, hungry and hungover and you have an adequate picture of what the flea market experience was like. At one station, a vendor was selling junk from their trunk. At another, there was a pile of random cell phone parts that had been obviously stolen from either a dumpster or stolen from the vendor beside him selling stolen cell phone parts. The parts were sold like produce; fill a bag, pay per kilogram of junk. The other peculiar thing was the absurd price of some items. A GPS system for your car, with no box, no power cord, no description or any indication that it works or not was $100. Tristan found a watch. The watch was in a box. The watch might have been new. But the watch was almost $400. It might make sense if the vendor displays a high price only to have it bartered down with a potential buyer. They don't budge though. Rock couldn't get a cell phone vendor to budge on a price, even though the phone had a few scratches on it. It probably has something to do with the fact that the vendor built the phone himself out of 8 or so kilograms of mix and match cell phone parts from the vendor next door.

Couchsurfing has its benefits. Mike, the American from South Carolina, was awesome. He brought bourbon, he plays the uke, he tells hilarious stories. He was a great addition to the house while he was here. Sadly, he's gone now. Off to Istanbul or something. Couchsurfing has its downsides as well. Two Austrian girls contacted us and were interested in potentially staying over. Thats cool except that we had Mike over so they checked into a hostel. We met for drinks anyways and had an enjoyable time out at this bar called Trapez. As the night wore on, the girls probably got tired of our antics (the crew here gets pretty loud after a few drinks) and left the bar taking Rock's coat with them. The details are a little fuzzy, but what we know now is that they took the coats (Rock had a girl's coat stashed with his) claiming that they wanted to make sure they weren't left behind at the bar. Rock was still at the bar however and when he went to grab his and his girl's coats, they were gone. The bartender was apologetic because nothing like that had happened before. We couldn't get a hold of the Austrians yesterday. We phoned them on Skype today. They are now in Prague. When asked if they picked up Rock's coats they hung up. I feel like we got, as the Hungarians say, gypsied. It makes me sad because couchsurfing is a great way to meet people from all over that you otherwise would not meet. There's a lesson in this somewhere. Don't talk to strangers? Don't drink with strangers? Don't put your coat on the back of a chair? Be careful around people you don't know?

Yes, its probably those things. At least we know we can buy the coats back at the Budapest Flea Market.

Its business... its business ti-ime

Im in my business socks. Because its business time. You know what that means....

Forget it.

You don't want to read this blog post.

It isn't interesting and it won't improve or enhance your life in anyway.

Turn away now.

Go to eBay.com and buy yourself a brand new harmonica. Grow a sly French moustache and soul patch. Enjoy Knob Creek Kentucky bourbon. Eat another Diavolo pizza from Pizza Marzano. Enter a cathedral and marvel at the architectural intricacies. Experience a period of self-doubt and self-actualization simultaneously. Phone a new friend. Wake up to an American named Mike playing his ukulele and harmonica in your living room. Purchase the least expensive drink at a bar and be pleasantly surprised by the flavour of St. Hubertos. Watch Leonard Bernstein at Harvard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14VhzlcSuT0. But do not, under any circumstance read this blog post.

Knob Creek Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey

We currently have our first Couch Surfer living with us for a few days (if you don't know what I'm talking about, read the post about Couch Surfing) and it's been a cool experience. He's from Kentucky and was kind enough to bring us one of Kentucky's finer products, Knob Creek Bourbon. If you haven't tried it out I'd definitely recommend it. It's aged for 9 years and is made a little differently than normal whiskey.

When in Tokyo ...

So we had a little bit of Japanese food for lunch today. Ok, maybe a lot ...

We headed to an all you can eat sushi place downtown (4000 forints for enough food to turn little boy into fat man). It was pretty cool - the food all came on a conveyor belt and you grabbed what you felt like eating.

I think Mike and I had the most, piling up almost 40 dishes each just to get our money's worth.

Time for a napzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........................................

Things I learned today

I'm tempted to call the past 9 hours useless because I/we got nothing accomplished, but I must admit I've learned a few useful things:

1. Never sprint to catch bus number X without first knowing which direction its going.
2. Don't be disappointed when the folks at the immigration office decide to end their shifts an hour early for a group meeting.
3. Don't start speaking English to a foreigner without first asking if they speak English ("angolo?"). Weather they do or not is besides the point.
4. Just because someone works at McDonalds doesn't necessarily mean they know what a "Cheeseburger" is. This is related to #3.

Things I would like to know:

1. What is a Rofiburger? We had one at McDonalds, but no one could translate what it was to English. If it helps, it tasted a bit like sausage.
2. When are we going to win the battle against the common cold?

A day in the life of...

Have you ever wondered what it is like to have class in a foreign country from 8am - 9pm on a Wednesday..?

One medium non-Starbucks latte
One vending machine cappuccino
1 break-fast of champions
1 love for the game