Category archives: Random News
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- Recently I had the opportunity to photograph some incredibly beautiful cakes. They were made by an up and coming cake baker / decorator named Trish. She's very talented!
I first saw one of Trish's cakes at a birthday party. It was two layers, looked stunning and tasted amazing! I knew at that moment that we ha[...]
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- The days are getting longer, the snow has mostly melted and the temperature is reaching a degree or two higher every day. I'm taking this as a clear sign that Spring has actually begun!
The official first day of Spring this year was on March 20th 2013. In honor of Spring I'd like to share with you a little exper[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 24th, 2013
It's 8:30am and I've just finished eating some breakfast on my Lufthansa flight from Madrid to Munich, where I will then connect to Toronto. I managed to get about 30 minutes of sleep on the plane prior to breakfast, but man I'm tired.[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 23rd, 2013
I woke up to my last full day here in Spain at my cousin’s apartment in Madrid. I enjoyed a nice breakfast of fruit and toast and played a memory tile game with my cousins daughter. After breakfast we went to see Belen’s store. It’s n[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 22nd, 2013
I woke up this morning, showered and am feeling tired from all of last nights festivities. I finished packing my items and went down to check out and get some breakfast. After breakfast at 10am we had the last scheduled one-on-ones wi[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 21st, 2013
It’s the final full day here in the Vaughan Town program at Gredos. Tomorrow afternoon we will return to Madrid. I woke up, had some breakfast and for my first one-on-one of the day I had Miguel. He's a younger guy only 24 (turning 2[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 20th, 2013
I'm just passing the mid point in my trip and I’m at the halfway mark in the Gredos Vaughan Town program. I'm loving every minute of this experience! Today was my favourite day from a tourist point of view. I woke up, had breakfast, [...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 19th, 2013
I woke up this morning feeling pretty tired after staying up at the bar last night. 1:30am isn’t really that late when you think about it, but after how busy we are all day I’m actually pretty tired by 10pm. I think I’ll be good tonig[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 18th, 2013
I woke up at 7am this morning feeling rested. The bed here in my room at the Gredos hotel is very nice and firm. My stomach isn't feeling so great today, I think it might be from how much food we eat at dinner and from eating so late at[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 17th, 2013
Its 9:30 in the morning here in Madrid and I am on the bus on my way to the Vaughan Town program in Gredos.
I woke up this morning after 5 hours of sleep, I'm finding the midnight dinners followed almost immediately by sleeping pret[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago on February 16th, 2013
I woke up this morning in Madrid, Spain with the warm sun streaming in the window. I had a comfy sleep at my cousins apartment which is located in the suburbs of the city, kind of like Yonge and Eglington in relation to downtown Toront[...]
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- *Please note I wrote this while traveling a few weeks ago - February 15th, 2013
I’m here! I arrived safely in the Madrid airport and was very surprised that they don’t have a customs area to go through. I just got off the plane, picked up my luggage and met with my cousin Todd. He kindly picked me up from the air[...]
