London, wow. I must say when I was planning where I wanted to go in Europe, London seemed not that important. I figured it was a lot like North America, which it seemed to be, but I just didn't get that really excited feeling in my stomach. But as friends headed over to visit, and my parents raved about their visit, I became more and more intrigued by what London had to offer. And in the end, it truly was "The Ultimate London Experience". I was lucky ...

Beautiful beautiful Portugal! I could go on for hours about everything that Portugal has to offer. Amazing cliffsides, gorgeous green hills, endless historical sites that have been beautifully preserved, vibrant cities, incredible seafood and decadent desserts, friendly people, and reasonably cheap. It has been a couple weeks now since I've been back, and good memories and images are still lingering in my mind. In Lisbon, cool yellow tram cars, the old city, th...

Happy New Year! It has been quite a while since I've written. I find this site difficult to use so it's cutting down on my entries, mainly because I get frustrated using it. However, today I decided I was going to tough it out and write about the last couple months. I've also put up some recent photos, for those of you that don't have facebook. What's new? Well, before coming home for the christmas holidays, I went on a super intense hike in the Pyrenees with m...

As the weeks pass by, I'm starting to really appreciate France and Europe. Little things catch me off guard every so often that make me remember that I am somewhere other than home. Because for the most part, my life here is quite normal, or at least quite similar to my life in Canada and I sometimes forget that I'm on another continent. My experience at Mirail has been very suitably described as "The Perfect Storm" by my Canadian advisor that I found...

After returning from Spain, I definitely feel a renewed sense of excitement to travel. I am learning to love and appreciate Toulouse, but our trip was well deserved. Rebecca and I have had many of the same troubles with the french bureaucracy, so it was great to get away and for 5 days forget the frustration at Mirail. We started by taking the train to Girona to catch our Ryan Air flight that afternoon. Since we had several hours to kill we walked to the old to...