Airplane Food

No one likes crappy airplane food. With having allergies there are some foods I need to stay away from and I have found often in flights, no one can tell me what is in the food. Which means they basically tell me I shouldn't eat on the flight. Well thanks airlines.

This year I thought of a solution and it worked out fantastically!

So before my flight to Paris I checked out MEC for some dehydrated meals for camping. I figured flights usually have hot water and spoons so how badly could it go wrong.

I ended up getting some oatmeal Apple things and gave it a try before landing. Since the sketchy maybe but bread the airline was serving for breakfast was not going to cut it.

I asked the flight attendant for a cup for hot water and a spoon, he put the water in he little bag and I waited five minutes. Not to mention I was freezing and now I have my own personal hot water bottle sitting in my lap while I waited the allotted 5 minutes before eating. The food was pretty good and I left the flight without feeling desperate for food.


(Photos will be included when I have the ability)

I will for sure be doing this in the future to make sure I have food on the flight. Plus they don't spoil and are very small and light weight.

Madison.

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Packing!!!

Hi all, so we are on our way. By the time this is posted we will have landed in Paris. We both finished packing late last week. I headed to Montreal a few days before our flight with T to go to Osheaga. It was a great weekend but exhausting.

I cannot post photos but I will edit them in when I am able to.

We are travelling carry-on only so the aim is light and just what we need.

For toiletries I packed my shampoo, conditioner, extra other little shampoo, eye drops, wet wipes, mouth wash, 2x little tooth pastes, vitamin e oil, 2x lotion, face mist and a little sunscreen.

For my clothing and other items they are in the lower photo. Pretty much just clothing for 7 days. After which we can do laundry.

Many Mom has a slightly larger bag but she packed similarly. Although she is mainly concerned about not being able to shop enough...so we may acquire an additional bag for the way back...yet to be determined :)


Madison.


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Adventuring Once Again

It's been over  a year since I returned to Canada from Berlin. It is crazy to me that is has already been a year. I have decided to embark on a new adventure...5 weeks in Europe!

I am taking my Mom with me this time and we will be gone the entire month of August. The plan is to fly into Paris, spend about a week there, then London for a week, Berlin for 5 days (Not enough time!!), Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, Zurich, Dijon, and back to Paris for our flight out.  

I am currently trying to work through what our itinerary will look like, but all the hotels have been book (with the last minute cancellation option of course). My Mom is getting excited, trying to work through what she wants to bring. A few months ago she requested that she take a wheelie bag...no. I also did not want her to get upset carry a bag all over Europe. I ended up finding a bag (well two bags actually) that would allow us to roll them around the airports and train stations...but that we could also carry like a backpack when rolling wasn't option (pretty much anywhere outside the airport and train stations). I got for my mom the Osprey Meridian Convertible 60L/22" - This bag is perfect for my Mom. The bag has a backpack that zippers onto the main bag. For myself I got the ozone convertible 50L/22" - Again this bag has a day backpack the zips onto the main bag. I got my Mom a bag that was a little bit larger but is still considered a carry-on bag when the backpacks are un zipped and considered the personal article of luggage. I got red, my Mom got orange!

Now that we have our bags I tasked my Mom to figure out what exactly she wanted to wear for 5 weeks, knowing we could probably do laundry once a week and she only had her bag to take with her...needless to say she is doing a great job and is almost done her selection process. One thing she has been stuck on for a while is SHOES. What shoes should she bring...runners? sandals? loafers? My Mom has orthotics that she always wears in her shows, which helps her feet stay comfortable. I wanted for to select a shoe that she could wear all day, hiking, museum touring, sight seeing, etc. She has purchased and returned about a dozen pairs of shoes trying to figure this out...mostly because I told her she could not wear her running shoes...this has yet to be resolved but will soon need to be! For myself I am just taking my white leather converse that I have Birkenstock insoles inside for support. I wear these everyday. I am also taking my foam Birkenstocks for hot days and questionable shower stalls. 

I will probably post photos of our packing experience in a few weeks as we get ready to leave :)


- Madison

  

 

Breakfast Market

This weekend I decided to head over to the Breakfast Market, and man was it worth it. IT was the coolest thing ever. It had the best breakfast sandwich ever... I literally mean ever. The market was inside and there was such a variety. 

Literally the best sandwich: pulled pork, pouched egg, special ketchup and I don't even know what else...on a fresh baked bun. nom nom nom. 

Next month's todo list!

Random hanging boots. 

Love the street art along the East Side Gallery. 

Really amazing, too bad it's only ever third Sunday of every month. 

Whistler

In February I was fortunate enough to get flown to Vancouver to spend a week riding with my parents. It was a really fun trip and I got one of the best days of riding ever, foot and a half of fresh pow on the morning we decided to do first tracks. 

Olympic Rings! 

:)

Heyyyyy

I missed Caesars so much. 

On the way to first tracks!! 

SO much pow...best runs ever. 

Dad didn't really like it :) 

It was an amazing week, a little bad weather with rain mid week but still all in all AWESOME

Thanks again Mom and Dad for bringing me :)!!!!

Mumford and Sons

So last night was probably one of the coolest nights of my life. It all started Friday night. I had found out that Mumford and sons had played a low key show at a club in Berlin. I was a little disappointed that I missed out but since it was sold out so long ago I didn't mind so much. 

Saturday morning I get a message from a friend saying that Mumford and sons had left an encrypted message on their facebook page suggesting that they were going to do another night. We frantically tried to find the link to get tickets, and when we did they were sold out. 

We took to facebook. Scavenging everywhere looking for some people that had an extra ticket. It began to feel hopeless. Then, my friend sounds someone with a ticket, so we had one. Out of no where a girl messaged me saying that she had an extra ticket if I wanted it...well needless to say I did. 

It came time to go to the club and meet up with the people we were getting tickets from and go in. We were so excited. Beyond excited. Everything went as planned, we all got our tickets and made it into the concert of a lifetime. 

Within 7 hours I went from learning the concert existed to being inside. 

We had to hand in out phones to a phone check, and then take our coats to coat check. They took the phones and no cameras allowed because Mumford and sons played their new album that doesn't come out until May...check it out...it's pretty awesome. 

So I found my friends who had a beer waiting for me, and we settled in to our spot at the front of the stage. 

It wasn't long before the fog machines started. 

Then band walked out on stage, less then ten feet from us, and in complete visibility. 

After almost 7 years I was finally getting to see one of my favourite bands, in a venue with less than 100 people. No shoving. No overheated room. 

The band started to play and the room was completely silent. 

Just listening to the music, no looking at phones, no taking pictures or videos to look back at later. Just living in the moment and listening to this amazing band play their new stuff. 

It was epic, best concert I have ever been to, truly about the music and the people there. 

The songs were really good, although their sound has changed a lot since the beginning it sounds to be a really good album. 

No one knew the songs they were playing so it was really cool to be in a room of people listening to a familiar band but not knowing the songs. 

They talked to the audience and the audience talked back in some places, mostly making fun of Coldplay and the fact that they didn't speak German... the band was so respectful and thankful to everyone who made an effort to come out and see them. Really humble. 

All in all a night for the record books. 

Loading up for their next destination. 

For anyone that tree plants --- band version of a reefer. 

Limited edition concert t-shirt

Phone bags! 

Defiantly took an item off the bucket list: Find out about a secret concert, scalp tickets and go to the concert all in one day. 

Birthday 23rd Edition!

My birthday was really special here in Berlin. I work up to cake and presents for breakfast!!! When I told my mom she was horrified, but I thought it was the best thing ever and it should be a global tradition. 

This was pretty  funny

We went out for a really nice Italian dinner and I got more cake!!

The Boys helped me to make cupcakes to bring to school for my German class because that is the tradition on your birthday. 

Such an amazingly good cake, and for breakfast!!

One of the best birthdays ever :)