Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
I love London. There's something about the culture or the accent that pulls me in; it's always been on my bucket list to visit it someday. Before this year and trip, I had never traveled to the city, to Europe, or even across the ocean to another continent. This was a first for me and a trip that was LONG overdue. I don't get to travel often, so this was a gift to myself. The problem now is that I miss it so much - I want to go back!
After 10 days of walking around the city and sightseeing, my camera was obviously by my side to snap a bunch of photos. And being the geeky guy that I am, I made a point to see (or, in some cases, stumble upon) equally geek and nerdy places.
Without sharing every single photo I took, here are seven moments that I think you might like:
1. THE HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD SIGN
2. STUMBLING UPON THE BBC
3. PLATFORM 9 3/4
4. RESISTING THE URGE TO BUY EVERYTHING RAVENCLAW AT PLATFORM 9 3/4
5. THE SET OF THE SPICE GIRLS' "WANNABE"
6. WATCHING ALADDIN
7. FINDING THIS HOME ALONE SIGN
Back from my second trip... ever!
It's been a few weeks since my last post and I'm really sorry for the delay. Life was a little hectic with a lot of changes: planning for my first flyaway work trip, celebrating that my older brother moved out of the house and now adjusting to a bigger role.
As the pictures included suggest, I went to Montreal this weekend for Osheaga. It was an amazing festival! Three days of hours hours but the music was incredible and I got the chance to visit a city on my bucket list. I took a few photos and videos while I was there and you can check them out on my Instagram account.
Now that I'm back, I'll start updating the blog again and catch up on the Big Brother eviction posts. Stay tuned!
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| Thought you'd enjoy this picture. The crowd kept going! |
The long weekend deserved to be spent in a manner unlike before. My agenda: a little trip to the sunny desert to relax in Las Vegas.
Being that this was going to be my first time out of the country (let alone the province), I had high hopes. No, it wasn't a solo trip or with any of my close friends. The adventure was for my brother's bachelor party and I traveled with 11 other guys for four full days of sun, sights and parties.
The hype probably threw me off before I arrived in the city. Everyone kept talking about Vegas (not as a place but a thing) like an experience I would never forget and in some ways I won't. There were DJs like Steve Aoki and Calvin Harris, pool parties, clubs we went to like Hakkasan, and even ironically I went to Zumanity without realizing the concept of the show that made the trip memorable. No instagram photos, though! There are some moments that I didn't think needed to be shared.
I did expect to have a better time. Those first few days became clear that this might be one long obligation for the bachelor party instead of a vacation. More time to myself would have helped and I didn't get a little until the end of my third day. The next trip will be someplace that I'll get to travel and explore by myself or with friends. Don't get me wrong, I did have fun - it just could have been a little different.
London? Monte Carlo? Montreal? I'm not afraid of flying so anything is possible.