My story...

I left Vancouver on April 4 2010 to live one year abroad. I arrived in London- spent a week with my cousins, headed over to Ireland to see some more cousins and tour the country, back to London for a day- and arrived in Paris on April 28th, 2010. I found an apartment and started working on May 10th. From May 2010 until February 2011 I lived the Parisian life and took advantage of living in the epicenter of the world by traveling and exploring numerous nearby countries such as: Algeria, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, the south of France, Belgium, Morocco, and South Africa.
This blog takes you into the wonderful adventures of my life with stories and pictures galore.
I was due back to Vancouver on April 1, 2011- where I took my position back after my one year leave. I flew back to Vancouver on March 27, 2011. It has been good to be back- I am so blessed as I am surrounded by such great people!!! So good to see friends and family again after 1 year!
Just because I'm back in Vancouver to what was my "normal" life... doesn't mean the adventures and blogging stop here. The adventures will continue I'm sure... so
the only way to stay informed with my random experiences is to come back to this page! So add it to your favourites.

last updated: April 2, 2011.

Monday 14 February 2011

Sevilla, Espagne = amazing

Well... I am taking you back into time now... in order to catch up- I have to cover all adventures since November! My goodness!!!! I may go back and edit/add some of these later- just so I can get them online.

So my friend from Vancouver Noriko and I decided to make a trip to the South of Spain. Wow... how amazing and incredible it was. We were blessed with fabulous sunny skies- a little chill in the air, but beautiful. Every city we went to the people said it was raining the day before... so I guess we brought the sun with us!

What is a holiday without trying authentic local food- so I start with some food pictures. This was our breakfast one morning- soooooo DELICIOUS!!!! Fresh toasted bun with olive oil, tomatoes and cheese. d.i.v.i.n.e. What I loved most about Portugal and Spain is that they serve you the worlds best coffee- the perfect size- in a glass! Yum! The breakfast of Spanish champions- Ready to start our first day!

Later one night we went to this place for Tapas- if you ever find yourself in Seville...

GO HERE FOR TAPAS!!!

LAS GOLONDRINASAdresse :
C/ ANTILLANO CAMPOS, 26
41010 Sevilla, España
954 331 626
Okay-- this wasn't dessert, just me pretending to take a bite of a cake that was in the window display!
The Catedral de Santa Maria de Sevilla - spectacular!


Noriko
My silhouette
Some beautiful Spanish architecture!




Me...chillin :)

Our fabulous hostel- only 10 dollars a night!!!! Luxury!!!!


The terrace of our hostel



Me ... chillin :) (in a hammock of course)


Well... as one friend put it... everywhere you go in Seville it smells of crushed oranges- it is so true! Every street is lined with orange trees- they were just ripening when we got there.

I loved Sevilla... wish I could have spent more time there.. just means I have to go back :)

My return to the blog world

Hello everyone!!!

Dust off your favorites tab and get yourself reconnected!!! I am back in the wonderful world of blogging. I must apologize for my absence- my goodness I went all of December and January without one post!!!! I am so horrible!

Well let me start with my list of excuses:

- moving out of my apartment in Clamart was exhausting and stressful

- access to the internet in South Africa was very scarce- and I was having way too much fun, therefore did not want to be on a computer!

- coming back to Paris and finishing up at work was good, mixed emotions all together- but it kept me busy!

- I have so many stories to share that I don't even know where to start

- When you have so many stories to share - you procrastinate even more as they build up.

- I really don't like the photo uploader on blogspot- it is VERY time consuming!!!

- I have been living with roomies since my return- so don't want to be on my computer the whole day!

and that's about all I can think of right now.

But to sum it up- I have been having the time of my life the last few months and can't wait to start sharing the experiences with you.

After having consulted my issues with procrastination with various support groups (haha just kidding- with various people) I have decided that I am going to limit my picture uploads and the write ups...... for now. At a later date I am sure I will go back and edit/add information/photos, but for now, I just need to get it going again.

Welcome, stay tuned, and come back soon!

farida