Today was a very, very lazy day. So lazy in fact I did absolutely nothing, and it felt great. I bussed to Brussels, but we arrived ridiculously early (5:30am instead of 6:30am) so I decided to hop right on a bus to Paris at 9am to kill a few hours. Ah, the joys of a bus pass. I had to wait a bit though, so I walked down to the supermarket where I got interviewed by some Brussels radio station about Michael Jackson's death... They asked for my reaction, I was like... uhm... c'est triste? I def didn't know what to say haha. Worst, interview, ever. ANYWAY. On to Paris. Originally the plan was to dump my bag somewhere and then go shopping or see a movie (I told you, I’m being lazy today!), but I ... read more

Well, we finally encountered customs… at midnight. England, France, Belgium didn’t bother to check us, but the Germans have to check at midnight? I wasn’t pleased to be awoken by guards yelling out “PASSPORTSSSSS” haha. Not cool. People joke there's nothing more frightening than being yelled at in German, and I would have to concur. Again, I didn’t get a single question (what is up with that?) and the only person they questioned was a guy from Malaysia. Ok, “questioned” is the nice way of putting it - let’s just say we spent a good 40min in control while they sorted things out. I managed to sleep for a few hours before our next stop. I grudgingly got out of the bus to grab breakfast. The guy that had been sitting behind me in the bus ... read more

I started things off pretty slow this morning - my feet/legs are still in pain from climbing the Eiffel Tower haha. Of course by slow, I just mean I took the tube everywhere I went, but I still saw a lot. I started at King Cross Station to go hunting for Platform 9 and ¾, (Yes, I’m a Harry Potter nerd =)!) and then headed off to Buckingham Palace. The plan was to see the Changing of the Guard, but by the time I got there the crowd was already thick, so I wandered around Green Park and grabbed some lunch (ham, cheese, and apparently “pickle” sandwich… it was good, but def not the “pickles” we have in Canada). I ate my sandwich while sitting on a lawn chair - there were a good couple dozen ... read more

Day 2 of my Parisian adventure! I started with my favourite pass-time of wandering around the small streets (this time around La Bastille). I had lunch at a cozy little café, and then metro’d over to Notre Dame de Paris. I had to walk through the Latin Quarter - again the architecture is lovely, but I didn‘t get to enjoy it long. About 5min into my walk it started to pour, and I mean POUR, rain, and unfortunately umbrellas don’t help much when the rain is coming straight at you. Hoards of tourists were running full blast towards the cathedral just for shelter... and I was one of them. Notre Dame lived up to my expectations - both the inside and outside are incredible. I was slightly bummed not to go upstairs (due to the attack ... read more

Well, you all know me… I never do things the easy way, and this morning’s flight from Frankfurt to Paris is no exception. This will be different from my other blogs I think, since this is almost a vent session haha. Hear me out. First things first, my flight from Ottawa. There is nothing better than the roar of the engine as the plane gets ready for take-off. Epic. I had my window seat which gave me a perfect view of the wing shaking like hell when we went through a lovely patch of turbulence. We had some nice views of big fluffy cotton candy clouds, and then flying into Germany was beautiful with all the little towns. (Unlike Canada which is just lakes and green space). See, I was doing fine up until this point… ... read more