Amsterdam

        It has already been more than a month since I left Canada, oh Canada... :'(  oh well, new thing are about to happen soon about which I am pretty excited as well: next month I will be traveling to Amsterdam in order to start my studies in Tourism Management. And as by the time I decided to study there I had never been in the Netherlands before I decided one month ago, when I was in Germany for a week, to travel for two nights to that city about which I had only heard good things (I know, it's pretty late to write about that now but I haven't really had the time since I got back home, to many activities with friends were waiting for me!) now here are some pictures I want to share with you from Amsterdam, and they were right, Amsterdam is awesome!! ...you have to travel there in person in order to see the beauty of this city.

Last but not least: Victoria

       Oh Victoria, capital city of Beautiful British Columbia, and my last stop in my Canadian adventure overseas. And finally I made it here! Since I came to Vancouver almost ten month ago I was planning and wishing to get till Vancouver Island and visit this beautiful city about which I only heard nice things! And even though I only planned three nights (today is my last full day and my last night) I believe I am doing most of it, obviously you can do more, but then you also need more money, and  I have already been one week in Vancouver and San Francisco so money is starting to get short. Anyways, it was completely worth it coming here. I don't know, I just love cities on the water. First thing I did when I came was visiting the Parliament (free guided tour, yess!!) and The Empress Hotel, both on the inner harbour. Very interesting too is going to visit Americas oldest Chinatown with a nice Chinese gate and the narrowest street in Canada: Fan Tan Alley (min. 0.9 meters) which still has shops and more! 

                              

         Yesterday I also went whale watching, I wasn't sure about it because it's kind of expensive but then I thought: once in a life time, so I did it. And it's true what people say, you end up enjoying more the speedboat ride then watching the actual orcas, the total was a 3 hours trip, two hours jumping over waves and getting completely drenched at some point (my recommendation: waterproof underwear). But yeah, completely worth it, almost funnier than a roller coaster, or maybe more fun? 

          Very important as well is to have a little walk through the city and the harbour by night, when you can see the Parliament lighted up with 3300 light bulbs like a Christmas tree (year round), bring a good camera and a tripod as well!

Lake Louise Timelapse

         Lots of people wonder how it's possible for the Lake to "loose" all his ice from (literally) one day to another, well I found this Timelapse and it's pretty cool to see how the ice moves and disappeares from the lakes surface, enjoy!

http://youtu.be/5NYeeHw1N4E