So it’s been a while. Winter in Ireland hasn’t disappointed and we’ve spent the past few months being blown over by gale force winds and soaked by sideways rain. Most winters in the northern hemisphere send people running for their…
The Big Trip: Amsterdam
Jetzen and I flew to Amsterdam on Easter Monday. It’s so close to London, I can’t believe it took me a full two years to get there. Like Stockholm, it was cold. In fact, it was warmer than Stockholm until…
The Big Trip: Stockholm
I left from Beauvais airport, an hour outside of Paris, to fly to Stockholm. Or rather, to Skavsta airport, 100km from Stockholm. The trip took the entire day. By the time the bus got into Stockholm it was dark. I…
The Big Trip: Paris
Fine, three weeks (and six cities) isn’t huge for some people, but it seemed like a long time for me. This trip was preceded by two weeks of being homeless in London, upon my return I will spend another week…
A Weekend in Berlin
Sorry, I’d been crafting that one all weekend. I know it’s lame but I needed to get it out of my system. It got down to -13 degrees! I don’t know how I did Quebec winters for four years. …
Snow in London
What is happening around here?!
Vancouver Does Hogmanay: New Years in Edinburgh
What happens when two girls from Vancouver find themselves in the UK over the holidays? They go to Hogmanay! Belinda and I took a four day trip to Edinburgh to do some sightseeing and ring in the new year. We’d…
My Real English Christmas in Plymouth
I went home for Christmas last year. It was lovely. This year though, I decided to stay east of the Atlantic. With my visa expiring and ruining my life coming to an end in March, I figured I’d be on a…
Ice Skating at Somerset House
Somerset House is the most beautiful location to spend an hour trying to balance like a true Canadian — on skates! A few of us went down at the end of November for one of London’s favourite Winter events. Somerset…
Guy Fawkes Night: Everybody Loves a Few Fireworks…
In Great Britain they celebrate this thing called Guy Fawkes Day. But no matter how many locals I ask, I never get a straight answer about why this came to be. I mean, they know the basic history, but it’s…
In Edinburgh
My first trip to Scotland! Samantha and I took a flight up in the wee hours of a Saturday in October for a two day visit. It was so cold! I’ve been doing a lot of traveling in Europe these…
It’s So Cold in London!
I think it’s coming to an end, but it’s been cold. And when your mind is prepared for 8 degrees, -6 feels really, really cold. Four years in Quebec weather leaves you pretty quick. Look, it even snowed. Disaster.
