Soaking up the West Coast.

There is so much beauty on the Canadian West Coast. Tall mountains, turquoise lakes, rivers, streams, wildlife – it’s a dream for nature lovers and an escape for city fancy pants. The beauty is simple – endless rugged landscape, vast space, very little people and air so fresh you feel like you’re near a glacier.

I am trying to soak up as much of it as possible before I leave. When I’m away from Vancouver I rarely think of the city – I think of those lazy days eating sushi on the beach, biking around the seawall, hopping from rock to rock in Lynn Valley, swimming in Buntznen Lake, driving down the road with my feet stuck out of the window and music blaring, hiking through a forest, skiing in Whistler or just sitting in the park outside my house, starting at mountains. Every single favorite memory of this place for me is tied with nature. Every single time I have the chance to get out and see all this natural beauty around me, I feel awe.

I will miss this greenery, this freedom, this wild feeling of the west. So I’m trying to capture as much of it as possible and savour it. 🙂

Isn’t it beautiful?

Photo Credit: I.P.

Montreal. The Plateau

I can barely put into words how in awe I am with the plateau Mont Royal in Montreal. Between the main streets bustling with cafes, restaurants, bars, shops and boutiques, and the quiet streets in between lined with unique plateau architecture of three story brick homes with winding iron cast french stairways, t is impossible not to feel inspired on the plateau.

You can feel culture in the air. Every little corner, every house painted in bright color, every french window, every beautiful flower pot, every bike leaning on a garden railing – it is as if someone put it all together to create this place. And yet, it is just a residential wonder. People from all over the world and different stages of life – students, families, couples – come here, all united in their desire to live in this one of a kind community. Every year I come back, and every year it makes me happy.

Can you tell I’m in love?

Photo Credit: J.L.