I love Vancouver. As a kid it was always one of those places I thought I would experience living in. The high-rise condos just seemed so cool and Robson was the hippest place to stroll with all its restaurants, boutiques, and hordes of people. Fast-forward a few years I started to think that Vancouver wasn't as great anymore, perhaps due to the never-ending rain and cloudiness I experienced on each visit. A few weeks ago however, I flew out with my mom to visit my sister and to celebrate mom's birthday. The sun shone. The water glistened. The birds sang. The flowers had bloomed. It was amazing. I loved it and now I want to move there yet again.
First stop was Thierry Patisserie. Highly recommended by a British chef friend of ours, I was eager to step inside and have a croissant experience à la française...
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Welcome to Chi-Town. Although my wonderful half day visit there was over a month ago now, I still wanted to make sure I shared some of my photos and musings from the trip. My learning curve with blogging has been way steeper than I anticipated, resulting in frustrating challenges with posting!
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I've been to London twice now, but I still have not been able to experience the city like I would like. The visits are always too short and I never seem to bring enough money. The first time I went I could not believe that people were actually drinking in the streets. What?!? Can you tell how Canadian I am? It makes for such a social culture, one that is so prominent in Europe and definitely missing in parts of North America. Perhaps if London experienced -40 degree celsius temperatures like we do here in Canada they might be a little more inclined to hibernate. But that's not the case. London is bursting at the seams with creativity. There is so much to do, see, eat, and learn that I doubt even its city dwellers are able to keep up. With yet another good friend of mine having moved there temporarily a few weeks ago, I thought I'd post some of the highlights from my last visit this June.
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