The Wow Moments

As much as I love travelling and I talk so much about wanting to go and see the world and live in  other parts of it, I often forget about the now and where I am and the place that has shaped my life up to this point.... home

When your travelling you do it quite often; take a step back and say wow I can`t believe i`m here. But how often do you do that at home?

This past weekend I didn`t something a little more 'touristy' then you may normally do in your own city, I took a boat cruise around the Toronto harbor. And as it doesn`t often happen it had me admiring and feeling very grateful for the little sliver of the world that I get to so proudly call home. 

I love Toronto and it will always be home! 

Get Out and Explore

One of the things that I really took from my time in Australia is making every day count. In Melbourne, I made of point of getting out and doing and seeing new things every weekend.

Moving back to Hamilton, has made me realize that in my 5 previous years living here I haven`t actually seen much of Hamilton.

Friday, I had some free time and decide to take a walk down to the Hamilton waterfront.

t really surprised me how beautiful the water front was and yet it has taken me 5 years to get down there.

View of Burlington skyway

Found a little friend

Canada gesse! 

Lovely Church on James St. 

James St. 

Summer = Cottage Times

One of the best parts of the summer is getting to head up north and enjoying the sun in the nature and not in the city.

I`ve had the chance to enjoy 2 cottage weekends so far this summer, and looking forward to more.

Open Your Eyes... Again

As part of my daily routine I love watching clips of the daily Ellen on YouTube. I was watching this clip with Johnny Depp the other day, and really loved one of his inspirations for the character of 'Edward Scissorhands' which I think we can all try to take into our everyday lives a bit more.

He talks about seeing things that we see on a daily basis and taking them for granted, when really we need to open our eyes and see them as something new everyday.

It`s one of my new goals to see more beauty in the world. Even in the things that I see and do everyday.

Start Doing

My list of things to start doing: 

1) get my scuba license

2) learn to speak another language

3) take a self defense class

4) get CPR certified

5) appreciate every day more

What`s your list? 

The Travel Bug

For many who here talk of the travel bug, they laugh at the fiction of such a character. But for those of us who have it, it`s a little thing in your mind that eats away at you day in and day out. Now obviously not physically eating away, but it really does mess with your mind a bit. 

Don`t get me wrong the new job is going wonderfully; actually couldn`t ask for a better workplace. Having my family and friends so close is lovely again. But yet there is this little thing that eats away in my mind day in and day out... that of the travel bug. 

There are so many places in the world that I dream about going, and I feel like my youth and time to travel is slowly slipping away from me (I know I know i`m only 23). One of the top things on my bucket list is to visit every continent; 3 down only 4 left to go. The world is such a large, vast and wonderful place and I want to see every inch of it I can in the time I can. 

Sometimes Tragedy Can Bring People Together

This past week we lost a dear member of our family, Jack. May he RIP. 

My family 

Cousin Bonding 

The Nicoll`s