If I had a British Accent I would never stop talking

Despite the rain London is a beautiful city and they speak English! I would love to work here for a year to really travel around Europe even just for the weekends.

On Wednesday we went to Brew round 2 (if you find something you like it’s OK to stick with it). Then set off to see the Tower Bridge, Borough Market and Kensington Palace!

Borough Market was amazing I wish I had access to that every weekend. The atmosphere was very relaxed. You can wander around and get food from all over the world. It was a Wednesday so it was funny to see people coming down from their office buildings to grab a quick bite.  

In the Evening we went to Madison a rooftop bar near St Paul’sCathedral. It had a beautiful view and we only dropped one glass of wine.

On our last day in London we ran around the city looking for Stamps for our Grandmother... no luck apparently this is the most popular stamp EVER. We went to four stamp collectors and a dozen post offices. Crazy...

Cheerio... Off to Greece!

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London Calling!

Rain, Rain, Rain... I mean London, London, London

After a lovely Layover to Iceland in the middle of the night we arrived in London! We took the tube to Clapham junction where my amazing friend Katie met us at her quaint little flat.  Whoa, I sounded pretty British there. We had tons of fun running around the city with her. 

Katie took us to a restaurant in Notting Hill called Beach Blanket Babylon it was Alison wonderland meets... you should just go. Dinner conversation Brexit, the conclusion we are against it.

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The next day we hit some major London sites. Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and the House of Commons.

We ended the day with some fish and chips at Sherlock Holmes and then we saw WICKED at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Which I have to say is amazing. I didn't know the premise of the musical but I love the Wizard of Oz so then dropping little bit of the back story was really fun.

Keep Calm and Defy Gravity

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Smile!... but don't look at the camera

This past weekend me and my best old pal took a photography courses so we could stop being basic and start learning about these very expensive cameras we have purchased. GTA Photography in Toronto was a great experience. I love the "Field Trip" we got to take aka walk around the city and try and take pictures on something other then the automatic setting. The course was a Saturday Sunday class. I wish we had done that both days but I understand the technical stuff is important too...

Topics we covered.

• Aperture
• Shutter Speed
• ISO

Exposure Meter

As you can see I am still working on my tendency to over expose

Goal: Make the back ground clear and the object close to you, in this case the fence, blurry

My favorite model

Here are a couple more

Being in Toronto allows us to see our other amigo, Shauna! We stuffed our very hungry faces at La Carnita and went home and crashed in front of How to be Single (only 52% on Rotten Tomatoes but 100% to us).

Bye for Now!

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Travel Bugs

All you can do is keep going. I have a bunch of exciting things coming up this year. First on the list, Europe for a month! My sister and I are taking off the jolly old England thanks to WestJet 250 dollar deal to London. When we first started planning we were going to do the whole shebang, Oslo, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Greece, Italy etc. The more we were talking about the more we realized we would be travelling between places for more time then we would actually be in the place enjoying the experience. 

We are going to London, Greece and Italy. One my best friends is working in London and already has a bunch of amazing activities planned out for us. Next Greece. Emma was there in high school and has always wanted to take me. I found a sweet hostel in Santorini and she already has us signed up to rent ATV's and ride around the island.  FINALLY the rest of my family (Dad, Mom, Ty, Uncle and Aunt) are coming to meet us in Italy. We have rented to amazing Airbnb's. One is on the Amalfi Coast and the other is more north in  Tuscany.

What's your next big adventure? If not now, when?

Do you think we can get all this done in 3 Days? Its ambitious but so are we.

Aries, New Year Fresh Start

I am going to treat my birthday as a New Years because I have been missing in action for some time and I think its a great excuse to set a new goal and get back into whatever you were slacking on much like myself.

Horoscope from the Toronto Star on April 19: 

This year you open up to a new perspective. You might be tenuous as to how you use this new vision. If you decide to maintain the status quo, you will often reflect on the fact that you could create more. Many of you could opt to travel or go back to school as you want to understand and know more. If attached, the two of you find the more you grow, the better your relationship becomes. Your ability to embrace your significant other’s negative and positive traits highlights your relationship. You will see this type of acceptance and love returned perhaps not immediately but eventually.

Finally, if you're going through anything draining keep in mind, It's almost that time of year when this is the appropriate uniform. 

25 and Killin it..

I just read something saying around new years, birthdays, beginning of the weeks people interest in starting new activities peak. I think my 25th birthday is the perfect reason to start back up with everything. I may not start going to the gym as consistently but I will start writing more.

25 is BIG. Its the year Jessica Simpson was dreading so why can't I (jump to 34 seconds in on the video clip so you don't miss the magic) . I am a typical person who hates birthdays. I hate time passing and at a speed which seem hyper sonic. 

My sister every year plans something amazing for me on my birthday. This year my girlfriends planned a wonderful day and night. It was a beautiful day in Toronto.  It went a little something like this:

Gusto



Next Stop

Sweet Jesus 

(40 minute wait in line but our nail appointment was not until 7:30 so we had time to kill)



Her Majesty's Pleasure 

awesome nail bar... literally its bar where you can get a manicure, pedicure and blowout




90's Themed Party at the Gladstone Hotel

Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly was a girl from Pennsylvania. She became an actress then married a PRINCE. I am just saying… the dream is still alive people.

In Monaco, we visited Saint Nicholas Cathedral, the church where Grace Kelly was married to Prince Rainier III on April 19, 1956. The two met at the Cannes Film Festival and were married eleven days after Prince Rainier came to meet her family and bring them back to be France to be married. The church was also the setting of her funeral. She tragically died in a car accident when she suffered a stroke while driving and lost control of the vehicle on September 14, 1982.

The country is generally very small but the hills and history make it a beautiful principality. If you get the chance to go I highly recommend it. We also went to visit the castle which is open to the public. Sadly you can not take any pictures while inside and I haven't figured out how to upload my memories. 

The biopic below is short video on Grace Kelly's life. It is in black and white which is kind of fun. 

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just hanging out in our sunday finest

Princess Erika of Monaco