Spring Time...A New Beginning

So... the last six months absolutely fleeeeew by. There's so many things I want to catch up on and talk about I don't even know where to start. It seems like my travel theme for the last year has been 'The West Coast'. Last summer we spent a week road ripping from Vancouver down to San Francisco. On the way climbing mountainous waterfalls in the BC-Rockies, driving by some out-of-this-world red woods and sandboarding down Oregon Sand Dunes. In January, we took a four day trip to Calgary - Banff, where we enjoyed some fresh powder in Lake Louise and Kicking Horse resort. And now, this June we are taking up a legendary journey, the changing mark of our lives, the behemoth of all missions, the trips of all trips.... drum roll.... the West Coast Trail! It is now April 29 and the training and preparation has began. I am hoping to keep you up to date with our step by step preparation. From equipment to getting into shape, we'll see how it goes! AAAAaaaadventure is out there!* (Source: Up)

And for now, here are some little reminders that Spring is in full gear..

A Mr. Bean Holiday

Ladies and gentleman,

It's that time of year again... Vacation Time! After working for 51 weeks, I get my 1 - week off. I could expand plentiful about the topic of slavery in today's society, but instead I choose to show you my feelings of happiness. I must say there is no one better to demonstrate this ultimate feeling of absolute excitement than our favorite Mr. Bean! Mr. Bean's Holiday is actually one of my favorite movies, and I think what made me like it even more is that I watched it right after visiting Nice. I was going to post his dancing scene from the movie, but I think this one will portray what I want to say a little better. You think I'm kidding, but this is probably what I will be doing at the airport tomorrow evening.

Mr. Bean has been close to my heart since I was little. Every New Year's Eve we would watch the Mr. Bean Christmas special, and they would always play the one where he gets his head stuck on a turkey. Anyway, enough about that... tomorrow night, we're hitting up the west coast! Can't wait to tell you all about it when I come back!

Vancouver! San Francisco! Here I come!

Hasta Luego !

Inspirational and Beautiful

I am posting a video which was showed to me by Mike, because I really want to share my appreciation for it and I am convinced you will all find it just as inspirational and beautiful as I did. It's a video taken at the Oknawa Churaumi Aquarium, the second largest aquarium in the world accompanied by the music of Barcelona, in my opinion a soon-to-be-grand indie band that deserves some praise. This video was mande by Jon Rawlinson, a cameraman/producer that specializes in documentary production all over the world.

What's really cool about this, is that ever since this video which is now counting over 800,000 views on youTube , and is highly complemented on digg.com, Barcelona's Sales on ITunes have been sky-rocketing. To show their appreciation the small band posted a Response Vidoe on Jon Rawlinson's page, thanking for the exposure. It's funny how it all works.

I leave you with this;

He who can no longer pause to wander and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. - Albert Einstein

Only In My Backyard...Just Hangin'

If I continue with these random moments soon enough this blog will turn into "America's Funniest Home Videos" - at least the animal section. But, I can't help it, it is not my fault that these little creatures seem to have this tendency of doing the most adorable things around me. One morning I woke up and as always one of the first things I did was look out the window. To my amusement this little guy was literally just hanging out there. At first I thought he was stuck, but no, he was just enjoying his morning. At one point I even saw him chewing on a nut.
I love that just like when I was little, I can still explore the little things that make my own backyard a place full of little adventure - and trust me, there is more to come.

Only In My Back Yard...

So Imagine This; Last Saturday morning I am sitting with my family by the kitchen table enjoying a fresh cup of coffee and some cookies. Sounds Great. Now as we are all engaged in our casual conversation, suddenly all stops as someone lets out a gasp and points to the window...what could it be? Well, there they are, there were two peacocks taking a stroll in our back yard. Not one, two! Not just any any everyday spring -time bird, a peacock.

How random is that? Interestingly enough both the male and female acted very nonchalant as they trotted through our green, 'tra la la la don't mind us'. My dad was quite amused by the situation until they birds decided to help themselves to some of our wild berries, you can't mess with those! No worries, despite my dad's angry scowl at their rude intrusion on our garden fruit, no shotguns where used or animals harmed in the writing of this post.

Just to give you a final synopsis of his story, there is a farm across the street from our home that I believe keeps the birds as part of their farm animal collection. It seems as though they decided to escape their routine of the everyday and finally get the courage to see what mysteries lie on the other side of the road. I guess everyone needs to get away every once in a while.