Just got in from a whirlwind of travels, from Amsterdam to London, to Bologna, to Florence, back to Bologna and then finally back to London.
Just when I thought I could take a breath of relief and relaxation, I'm up early tomorrow to cook a 10 pound turkey for my friends to celebrate Canadian thanksgiving
And I might be heading off to Scotland on Tuesday....
Once I catch my breath, updates on A'dam and Italia to come (plus photos!)
xoxo exhausted girl...
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Monday, 5 October 2009
leap of faith (or is it just laziness)
arrived very late last night from amsterdam, woke up very late this morning, and day has been spent trying to get ready for Italy (unpack, wash, repack...watch episodes of mad men...)
riiightt... so I have a place to stay in Bologna, but Florence I'm still homeless.. went online to try and find something, but to be honest I can't be fussed to find a place right now. I figure I'll just arrive the day of, and find a place that looks decent enough.
Oh, and I'll be using my cell phone while in italy - not looking forward to my next phone bill! If possible, I'll turn off my internet capability so that at least I won't be paying for those roaming charges, but still.. long distance calls..
updates and photos when I'm back in London town!!!
riiightt... so I have a place to stay in Bologna, but Florence I'm still homeless.. went online to try and find something, but to be honest I can't be fussed to find a place right now. I figure I'll just arrive the day of, and find a place that looks decent enough.
Oh, and I'll be using my cell phone while in italy - not looking forward to my next phone bill! If possible, I'll turn off my internet capability so that at least I won't be paying for those roaming charges, but still.. long distance calls..
updates and photos when I'm back in London town!!!
Monday, 28 September 2009
the typical London dinner
I worked late tonight, then rushed to Carnaby Street for quick drink, then rushed to pick up my watch from a friend's apartment that I had left there... finally got on the tube well past 8 pm and was well starving.
Steps to enjoying a typical London dinner at home
i) Drop by your local Tesco
ii) Head straight for the refrigerated aisle.. it'll be the one with all the people in work clothes still, ignore the fresh food section, you're too hungry and not ambitious enough to actually cook tonight
iii) Select your Entree
iv) Go home and carefully take off the wrapping (very important: save the actual packaging so that, if needed, you can consult the instructions on there
v) Heat in microwave to desired temperature (i.e. if it's still lukewarm but you're starving, then go ahead and eat it)
enjoy!
Tomorrow night... definitely will be cooking.
mm... tesco brand chicken korma... yummy
Steps to enjoying a typical London dinner at home
i) Drop by your local Tesco
ii) Head straight for the refrigerated aisle.. it'll be the one with all the people in work clothes still, ignore the fresh food section, you're too hungry and not ambitious enough to actually cook tonight
iii) Select your Entree
iv) Go home and carefully take off the wrapping (very important: save the actual packaging so that, if needed, you can consult the instructions on there
v) Heat in microwave to desired temperature (i.e. if it's still lukewarm but you're starving, then go ahead and eat it)
enjoy!
Tomorrow night... definitely will be cooking.
mm... tesco brand chicken korma... yummy
Sunday, 27 September 2009
I see you!!
Ok maybe not... but a few weeks ago I was chatting to my favourite Viking about blogs (he has one too) and he said that he gets people from all of the world who stumble onto his blog.
"How do you know??" I demanded
"You just install a blog thingy that tracks that can tell you when people read your blog and where they're coming from"
(* I'd like to point out that he never said 'blog thingy', that's just what I heard and remember)
So when I got home that day, that's exactly what I did. So now, in moments of pure vanity I get to come home and see that now there have been 130 page views on my blog in the last 2 weeks, AND i can track where visitors are coming from, how long they stay and which pages they visit.
Do you know that someone stumbled onto my blog from Chicago because they were doing a search on the words "I snore"?? Well, I'm sure they were disappointed to find my rambles and venting; I just hope they found what they were looking for.
I can see that my favourite Aunt from Colorado has taken time out of her extremely busy schedule to check it out (Thanks Auntie B!), as well there's quite a lot of activity from back home, so it's nice to see that my friends are keeping track of me.
Anyway, one more week of work and then I'm off to my travels! To be honest, I've been so stressed this week with work and trying to plan my trip AND a massive thanksgiving dinner for everyone when I get back, that this weekend I pretty well spent basking in the sun and not thinking about anything. It was absolutely glorious and just what I needed to gear up for what will undoubtedly be a ridiculous next 2 weeks.
Until then, I hope all of you are enjoying your night/day from wherever you are... whether you're a friend from home checking in, or someone who's trying to find a cure for snoring :)
xoxo snoring girl.
"How do you know??" I demanded
"You just install a blog thingy that tracks that can tell you when people read your blog and where they're coming from"
(* I'd like to point out that he never said 'blog thingy', that's just what I heard and remember)
So when I got home that day, that's exactly what I did. So now, in moments of pure vanity I get to come home and see that now there have been 130 page views on my blog in the last 2 weeks, AND i can track where visitors are coming from, how long they stay and which pages they visit.
Do you know that someone stumbled onto my blog from Chicago because they were doing a search on the words "I snore"?? Well, I'm sure they were disappointed to find my rambles and venting; I just hope they found what they were looking for.
I can see that my favourite Aunt from Colorado has taken time out of her extremely busy schedule to check it out (Thanks Auntie B!), as well there's quite a lot of activity from back home, so it's nice to see that my friends are keeping track of me.
Anyway, one more week of work and then I'm off to my travels! To be honest, I've been so stressed this week with work and trying to plan my trip AND a massive thanksgiving dinner for everyone when I get back, that this weekend I pretty well spent basking in the sun and not thinking about anything. It was absolutely glorious and just what I needed to gear up for what will undoubtedly be a ridiculous next 2 weeks.
Until then, I hope all of you are enjoying your night/day from wherever you are... whether you're a friend from home checking in, or someone who's trying to find a cure for snoring :)
xoxo snoring girl.
Saturday, 26 September 2009
another sunny day
another sunny day by belle and sebastien is one of my happy songs. I listen to it when it's a bright blue sky day out and I'm walking down the street at ease with the world.
It's a late september saturday in London and it's warm and sunny out. I'm at regents park with Helen and Tobi enjoying the day just as we had for so many weekends this summer. We feasted on the regular spread of parma ham, proscuitto, cheese, baguette and olives.
It's nice being a creature of habit when you're joined by good people and warm weather.
It's a late september saturday in London and it's warm and sunny out. I'm at regents park with Helen and Tobi enjoying the day just as we had for so many weekends this summer. We feasted on the regular spread of parma ham, proscuitto, cheese, baguette and olives.
It's nice being a creature of habit when you're joined by good people and warm weather.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Travel guru I am not...
One of my clients at work, cheapflights.co.uk has created a new viral marketing campaign. Basically it's an online game called Travel Pursuits. Choose three different levels of difficulty and test your travel knowledge for a chance at winning some really great prizes (ipod touches, Macbook Air).
Is this a plug for one of my clients at work? Maybe... but seriously, check out the game and test your knowledge... and try.. just try and beat my sadly low score of 15,982
Travel Pursuit
Is this a plug for one of my clients at work? Maybe... but seriously, check out the game and test your knowledge... and try.. just try and beat my sadly low score of 15,982
Travel Pursuit
Monday, 21 September 2009
Big News
Ok, maybe not so big because I've pretty well sent a mass email to everyone who reads this blog, BUT I got hired on full time by my company!!
Since I'm essentially replacing a girl who's leaving, and they can't double pay us, I have 2 weeks to kill before starting work there... (they generously offered to let me stay as an unpaid intern for 2 more weeks, but I decided after much thinking to decline that offer)
Plans... I'm off to Amsterdam with a group of friends and friends of friends who I've never met for 3 days... then I'm back in London for a day to rest, do laundry, charge my camera before heading off to ITALY!!!
I'm a little nervous going travelling on my own, but I figure I'll meet people during my travels. Can't wait.
I've decided against buying a guide book. I figure I'll print out some information, and then supplement it with whatever I can find from the city's local tourist office. To be honest, whenever I've travelled I never use the guide book that much and it just ends up being a really heavy thing that I have to lug around all day.
I've also bought a moleskine journal... yes, I know it's cliche, but I want to be able to remember exactly how I felt the first time I walked into an Italian restaurant, sipped my first glass of wine in Italy, tasted my first homemade pasta in Italy, spoke Italian, made friends, met new people...
I'll also try and blog while I'm there, but am not sure what my internet availability will be like.
In other news, I put up some artwork and photos up in my room in efforts to make it more home-like. I figure since I'm here for the long run, it's time to make my room less like a place to just sleep and more of a home. Eventually I'll get to the rest of the apartment...
Since I'm essentially replacing a girl who's leaving, and they can't double pay us, I have 2 weeks to kill before starting work there... (they generously offered to let me stay as an unpaid intern for 2 more weeks, but I decided after much thinking to decline that offer)
Plans... I'm off to Amsterdam with a group of friends and friends of friends who I've never met for 3 days... then I'm back in London for a day to rest, do laundry, charge my camera before heading off to ITALY!!!
I'm a little nervous going travelling on my own, but I figure I'll meet people during my travels. Can't wait.
I've decided against buying a guide book. I figure I'll print out some information, and then supplement it with whatever I can find from the city's local tourist office. To be honest, whenever I've travelled I never use the guide book that much and it just ends up being a really heavy thing that I have to lug around all day.
I've also bought a moleskine journal... yes, I know it's cliche, but I want to be able to remember exactly how I felt the first time I walked into an Italian restaurant, sipped my first glass of wine in Italy, tasted my first homemade pasta in Italy, spoke Italian, made friends, met new people...
I'll also try and blog while I'm there, but am not sure what my internet availability will be like.
In other news, I put up some artwork and photos up in my room in efforts to make it more home-like. I figure since I'm here for the long run, it's time to make my room less like a place to just sleep and more of a home. Eventually I'll get to the rest of the apartment...
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