Monday 20 July 2015

We're moving to Thailand!

(Sorry mom- not coming home yet)

I blame it on the travel bug.  Look what this year has done to us.  It has left us with a desire to see more of the world, and chase after doing the things we never thought we'd do in our lifetime.  Not a bad thing though, eh?  In fact, it gives me goosebumps!  The cultural experiences, the new people, the food, the warmth, the adventure... it has all been calling our names ever so loudly this past year!  So we've decided to make a bold move, and will be relocating to Chiang Mai, Thailand for the next two years.

Thursday 16 July 2015

A Weekend in Paris


What a dream this feels like.  As I begin to form my thoughts on how to describe our weekend away in Paris, I'm thinking, "is this real life?".  Picnics under the Eiffel tower, cheese, red wine, baguettes?  Yes, that happened.  Our own Parisian flat complete with brioche bread waiting for us in the kitchen?  Oh yes, that happened.  Crepes, fancy hats, red lip stick and more cheese?  Why not.  That's how we did it last weekend in Paris.

Thursday 9 July 2015

Brugge, Belgium



Well isn't this exciting... a GUEST writer on our blog?  When Jon accepted my "request" to write about Bruges, not only was I (Sarah) excited because it gave me a little break from writing, but because it's exciting to have a different perspective on our travels.  When he sent me what he wrote, I honestly laughed the whole way through.  Which really, didn't at all surprise me.  Zack and I both have been friends with Jon for years now and we always spend the majority of our time together laughing.  We were estatic when we found out he had booked a flight from Canada to visit us in England, as we knew it would just be like old times.  Aside from the fact that we never would have thought we would road trip from England to Belgium...  So, without further adieu, here's Jon (with a few comments from myself, which will be in italics):

Chocolate, Waffles and Beer.

I admit - before this trip I didn't know much about Belgium, or the city of Bruges in particular. I knew they made waffles, but other than that, I hear the chocolate is good and the beer is better, that is all.  So when Zack and Sarah suggested we go -- why not? Off to Belgium we go.

The adventure started with renting a car in Cambridge, a process that apparently takes 3 hours. Renting a car in Cambridge is probably what Anger Management instructors use to test their pupils to see how long it takes before they crack. Zack would have been given a B, later lowered to a C when he threw his water bottle at me(out of anger) because he missed the exit for the euro - tunnel to France. I had nothing to do with him driving past the exit, but I guess sleeping in the back wasn't exactly helping either.  Luckily Z + S pride themselves on owning water bottles that are glorified ziploc bags with a cap so it wasn't so bad. (Sarah: just to be clear on the water bottles, they seriously are great for travelling..  Ziploc bags have nothing on our foldable water bottles.  Also, on behalf of Zack.. sorry Jon for waking you from your beauty sleep.)