Mixing work up with play... it's the Canadian way

Well first of all - changed the layout of the blog again. It's more refreshed and a bit more summery (despite the lack of sun right now).

Over the weekend, a little thing called the World Cup (you may have heard of it!) started and it's been crazy World Cup Fever ever since. The TVs are all on at work on a daily basis whenever a match is on. Anyway, I had my first football/soccer experience over the weekend and it definitely was something else!

Katie (Lou's roommate) was also celebrating her birthday, so we all headed down to our local to help her celebrate as well as catch the England-USA match. It was insanely busy at the pub! We got there at 4pm (4 hours early) and managed to snag the last table. But the atmosphere was something I've never seen before and it was definitely a cool experience.

It wasn't fun getting mistaken for an American - but this was something that I was fully expecting before hand! Most people were completely fine once I corrected them.

All in all it was a good experience and I look forward to catching some more football before the tournament's end. Work has even booked out a bar close by for the England - Slovenia match next week so we can all have some drinks, food and watch the footie (check me out with my new lingo).

Hope you're all enjoying the newfound sun I heard about - hopefully it's still around!

Love you and miss you all x

enjoying the beautiful weather!

Some travel plans are in the pipeline! My friend Jen is coming here in July for a month and she's doing a tour of the UK. She's going to be staying with me for a week and then heading off to adventure all that Great Britain has to offer. I've planned to meet her Edinburgh for a weekend and everything is now booked! So soon I can add Scotland to my list. Plus, I'm really excited as Scottish accents are way cooler than English ones (in my opinion anyway)!

Also - Lou and I are steadily planning a holiday in September. Hopefully Greece. But something that's definitely happening is a trip to Prague in October! We've booked some NHL tickets with friends. Yeah, you read that right. NHL. In Prague! Apparently two years ago the NHL decided to start opening their seasons in Europe. So this year, myself, Lou, our friend Rachel and her boyfriend Mark (who is an avid hockey fan despite being English) are going to a Boston - Phoenix game!!! Words can not describe how excited I am for this. It'll be cool because not only will I get to see a hockey game BUT I will also get to see the Czech Republic.

Oh and did I mention Lou and I are also going to Wales in August and Paris (again) in November! Exciting - I'm hoping that we also get away to either Italy or Amsterdam before the summer's over ... only time will tell!

Anyway, I'm gonna head back to work and then thoroughly enjoy the lovely +24 weather at the pub afterwards!!

Love and miss you all x