{"id":1,"date":"2020-01-17T20:40:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T01:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2020-01-18T18:11:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T23:11:29","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Leaving the nest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Months of preparation all lead up to a single moment: Oh wow, I’m actually doing this! I’m actually going to leave everything that I know, for 8 months. (Yes, yes, almighty internet won’t make it that bad, but that’s how it feels) This is going to be one great adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I was packing, I’m realising that I’m not going camping in the bush, I don’t need half the stuff I usually bring when I go travelling (which is usually the middle of nowhere), I can buy stuff in Manchester; so no need to bring my sleeping bag, air mattress and don’t even think about bringing a can of propane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Double-checked all my stuff and ready to go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was told that the UK doesn’t have Kraft Dinner, so I decided to bring some to share with my future non-Canadian friends. I brought 8 boxes, (not shown in the picture since I decided to stuff more after I finished packing) which account for a little less than half of my things, by volume. Most of the weight is those two cans of maple syrup, which I intend to consume a few months in the trip, via the use of a classic maple syrup delivery system: pancakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a heavy meal at my favorite buffet in Ottawa, Tucker’s Markeplace<\/i> (which should keep me full for several hours during my flights), my parents and I went to the airport and said our goodbyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last goodbye to my wonderful parents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At first, the flight was on time, then got delayed by 15 minutes, then 30, then one hour, then two, then three. Apparently, a good-old snowstorm was preventing my plane from taking off in Toronto, delaying it’s landing time in Ottawa. Out of curiosity, I check the weather radar map, let’s just say I was not surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ah, South-Western Ontario weather, you did it again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even though the weather is less than ideal, I still find it entertaining to watch the orchestra of snowplows, trucks and aircraft unfolding before me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I should be in Toronto by now, but hey, it\u2019s better this than flying in a snowstorm. There’s absolutely nothing I can do about it right now, so might as well sit back, and enjoy the free time. (writing this blog, that is)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the hardest parts about going away, is leaving home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/img_1229-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeo.ca\/vincent\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}