I was born in Toronto, and my wonderful parents and twin sister live in Nova Scotia. I just finished two and a bit years teaching in Taipei, Taiwan, and I needed a break. At this very moment, I can be found exploring the wonders of Australia. Or maybe just serving coffee in Perth. Here are some pictures, thoughts and stories for friends and family to keep track of my life. .
Finally, London! It's taken a few days to get this up because of an impromptu weekend trip to Grammie's house with my parents (pictures of that on my new blog soon). Above is a picture I took in Hyde Park and below is Oxford Street. I had the most manic shopping experience of my life in the Primark store in the picture. It's kind of like H&M only dirt cheap. I walked in the front door and was greeted by a wall of women. There must have been at least 1,000 people in the store, leaving me with less than a square foot of personal space at any one moment. Everyone had a massive shopping tote and was grabbing clothes like they were 99% off or something. There was no sale, no special incentives... it's always like that. I would have left in a minute except it was my last day in London and I really wanted some nice, cheap summer clothes! (I got linen shorts, a blouse, a gorgeous dress, a t-shirt, headband and sandals for under $35 CAD) I found this memorial partly touching and partly weird. It's to remember animals who died in the wars. I spent most of my time in museums, and my favourite is Victoria & Albert. It's full of fashion, history, art and design! And the British Museum Which has a very impressive collection of cat mummies. This is the Museum of Natural History Which had an incredible dinosaur collection that included a working model of a T-Rex. All the kids seemed to love it, and I had to take a movie.
Finally, London! It's taken a few days to get this up because of an impromptu weekend trip to Grammie's house with my parents (pictures of that on my new blog soon). Above is a picture I took in Hyde Park and below is Oxford Street. I had the most manic shopping experience of my life in the Primark store in the picture. It's kind of like H&M only dirt cheap. I walked in the front door and was greeted by a wall of women. There must have been at least 1,000 people in the store, leaving me with less than a square foot of personal space at any one moment. Everyone had a massive shopping tote and was grabbing clothes like they were 99% off or something. There was no sale, no special incentives... it's always like that. I would have left in a minute except it was my last day in London and I really wanted some nice, cheap summer clothes! (I got linen shorts, a blouse, a gorgeous dress, a t-shirt, headband and sandals for under $35 CAD)
I found this memorial partly touching and partly weird. It's to remember animals who died in the wars.
I spent most of my time in museums, and my favourite is Victoria & Albert. It's full of fashion, history, art and design!
And the British Museum
Which has a very impressive collection of cat mummies.
This is the Museum of Natural History
Which had an incredible dinosaur collection that included a working model of a T-Rex. All the kids seemed to love it, and I had to take a movie.