Ireland is amazing!

I absolutely fell in love with Ireland. I have a lot to fill you in on but not enough time, so until then here are some pictures :). Again, click on them to enlarge if you wish!


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So we went to the Guinness Brewery and I poured my own Guinness - note the certificate on my lap. Anyways, here I am sipping on it like its a glass of milk lol.

Taken from the bus ride...so beautiful


So my entire trip it would rain one moment and then in a couple of minutes, the most beautiful weather would arise. Here is a rainbow after a crazy storm!


Me and the Canadian girls :)




Sitting on Tay Tay, waiting for our bus to be fixed


Posing by the water - one of our pitstops

Cute little Irish town - again, one of our pitstops

Bev and Marge, look how beautiful it is! ah, I could have stared out forever!


So pretty and serene.

Now video time (something diff. from the others that I just felt like posting)..
So one day, we decided to take a bus tour from Dublin to Glendalough. Of course, our bus broke down in the middle of the tour so we were stranded for literally 2 hours. We stayed on the bus for a while and sang some traditional Irish songs, followed by some Summer of 69 and Celine. Then we spent the rest of the time outside taking in the beautiful Ireland. Now, I wanted to take a video of the scenery ..however when I turned my camera on I stumbled across Taylor (Vancouver) and Chris (Chicago) being...themselves haha. These guys are very entertaining and have made my trips very amusing.

London with Jess :)

London was fantabulous. The first night, Jess and I saw the musical Chicago. The following days we went to all of the touristy places most people visit - the London Eye, Buckingham palace, Big Ben, and so forth. I uploaded some pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Honestly though, the best part for me was simply walking around the city during the day and relaxing at a cafe/bar in the evening. I also enjoyed out trip to Top Shop - scheiße this place was huge. Jess and I could have literally spent the entire day there haha.
Anyways...


Jess and I in the London Eye! Unfortunately the weather was not agreeing with us that day but it was still a great experience :)

The BEST bakery ever.

I loved the Portobello Market. Definitely worth checking out if you`re ever in London.

Love us, the backdrop and the beautiful *Green Park*. Reminds me a lot of Central Park in New York.

Just chilling in front of the Buckingham palace - no biggie


Walk through the park:


Buckingham Palace

Off to London

So I am off to London - tres excited. I`m going to meet Jess and we`re going to have the time of our lives!

It`s a little weird though that I`m also somewhat sad at this moment. I`ve finalyyyy begun falling in love with exchange in Vienna. Albeit some classes are more of a pain in the buttox than schulich and sometimes drama occurs in the dorm... I love it and I know I will have a hard time coming back

I just have to remember to cherish everyyyy single moment :)

Anyways, talk sooon!

This video is mostly for my parents too see my lovely face haha. Sorry that it is so scattered and doesn`t really have much content - things have been extremely busy here.
xox

p.s. I`ll also post pictures once my friend sends them I haven`t quite taken my camera out with me lately




This picture is from the Int`l dinner. Thats Herman (Netherlands) and Katrina (Australia) and the lovely dish Herman is pointing to is what we brought to the International dinner. Note the contents: Tomato and cucumber salad + Chicken nuggets and French fries :) Go us! haha
p.s. It actually was extremely delicious

Prague

I LOVE PRAGUE. **Click on the pictures to make them bigger :)



In the old town square...with my Starbucks of course

We`re so *American*...and yes btw, I`ve become an honorary US citizen. We decided I can be from Colorado

I think this picture is really cute. That`s me and Lazaros (from Greece) engaged in a very deep conversation.
In the Old Town bridge tower, taking a break from enjoying the spectacular view to take a picture :)

The Group. Chrissoula (New York), Lazaros (Athens, Greece), Alex (New York) , Mark (Texas), Me (Mississauga, Colorado, Romania) and Annie (Boston)


We finally found the John Lennon Wall. Giving a Thumbs Up to the One Love graffiti art.

I look so tiny.
Decided to pose in a tree as we were exploring Prague.

We really wanted to buy these hats - they were SO warm. Turns out they were averaging around 2500 Crowns = 100 Euros....so we took a picture instead and left the store shortly after lol



And then I got attacked by a pony...(I still enjoyed every minute though) lol

My Travel Plans

AHH! I am so excited. I am finally beginning to finalize my travel plans so here is what I have so far:

March 12-14: Prague
March 27-31: London
March 31-April 4: Dublin
April 4- April 6: Edinburgh
April 6-11: Denmark + Sweden
April 11-14: Back to Vienna with Heather :)
April 14 - 19: *Potentially* Zurich

April 30 - May 2: Bruges
May 2 -4: Amsterdam
May 4-6: Berlin

Then in May (in between my one class every Tuesday) I want to make time to travel to the following:

Nice, Provence, Rome, Sicily, Madrid, Barcelona, Ibiza, Athens, Mykonos island

And then, when my parents arrive I am finally going to travel Austria.
Mom + Dad .. I have found a really cheap way to travel to Graz, Salzburg and Innsbruck - places that I think you will absolutely love and it`ll be fun for us to travel together.
I`m thinking end of June until July 11 (when I have to be back in Canada)

Anyways, if you have any other suggestions of places I absolutely HAVE to see, let me know :)
**I really wanted to visit Instanbul, but I think I may need to apply for a visa......so I might save this one for later

XOXO

p.s. and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONICA YE!! love you and miss you

Room

My side of the room :)
It's actually not done yet, I'm heading off to Ikea (hopefully) tomorrow to get a mirror, a bamboo plant and a couple of other things!

CANADA WINSSSS!!!!

Canada won the GOLD = 14 GOLD metals!!!!!!

That is all :)

Hey guys,

So here is another video! My parents said the written blogs are boring and demanded I make videos instead lol, so here you go :)

In this video you`ll hear me blabbing on about
- the end of the orientation Boat Party
- Candles
- Trips
- Tea Maker
- and some other things that I found exciting at the time and felt like sharing haha

Hey guys!

So today was a fantastic day :). It was sunny and the sky was the perfect shade of periwinkle blue. The day started off with waking up at 11 a.m. (something I haven`t done in forever) and then deciding out of the blue to go with a couple of other exchange students to Naschmarkt. I didn`t find this out until later on but this is the most popular market in Vienna and it has existed since about the 16th century.
Here I indulged in Bakslava, Halva, Kaiser rolls, Kaiserschmarrn (a popular Austrian dessert) and much more..(unfort. for both my 15 euro a day budget and my goal to not gain weight haha)

Then when I came home I was excited to finally meet someone that was willing to spare matches. Yesterday I went on a shopping spree and bought dozens of scented candles so now they are finally lit (not all of them of course...that would be a fire hazard :P ). Anyways, now I`m enjoying the delicious strawberries I bought from there and I cannot wait to go back. Next time, we decided to actually sit at one of the many restaurants that are embedded in the market itself. I will also be taking pictures =)

I`m about to go out for sushi dinner (something I have been craving since I arrived in Vienna), but I wil def. keep you posted on any other adventures, and when I have more time, fill you in on some other things I`ve done while on exchange.
xox

(The first picture I posted is from when I went to the chocolate factory. You can choose one of a couple of dozen of different chocolates to melt in a milk-like substance...on second hand, it may have just been milk, but it tasted 100018398749328 times better haha)...doesn`t it look yummy?


Just some of the things you can purchase at the market :)..and yes, they give free samples