Day 10-11 - Freiburg with Carla and Lucile I spent the past 2 days in Freiburg with Carla and Lucile, two friends from Toronto. We stayed at Carla's apartment in the city which was nice and close to everything. Although it was raining the first day I was there Carla gave us a tour of the city which was awesome. It was very different from France and the old German architecture was amazing. We also walked up Schlossberg to get a good view over the city. In the a...

Day 6-9 - South of France On the Saturday we were up early for our flight to Montpellier in the South of France. After quite an eventful trip we managed to make it into the centre of town in time to meet Mike and also our AirBnb host. We spent the day walking the streets of Montpellier and eating baguettes and drinking red wine. It was a great day and a great welcoming to France but the hangover the next day was not ideal. At midday on Sunday we got the train...

Day 5 - Robs graduation in Sheffield On Friday we were up early to drive to Sheffield in North England for Robs graduation. While he was in the ceremony I walked around town. Sheffield is a very nice town and was exactly what I expected England to look like. It had cobbled streets and medieval architecture and all the houses were very similar looking. I found it to be a much nicer city than London, albeit with less iconic monuments. I then had a look around Shef...

Day 2-4 - Robs farm in North Wales I spent the next 3 days on Robs families farm in North Wales. His dad is the farm manager for a large estate on the end of a large peninsula. They live in the carriage house, next door to the main house and named as it used to be where the horse and carriage were stored. We spent the next 3 days around the estate, helping his father move cows, chopping wood, fishing, walking the dogs, shooting a pistol, hunting rabbits and much...

Day 1 - London to Wales After a nearly 24 hour flight including a 2 hour stopover in Singapore I landed at London Heathrow at 7am in the morning. I was greeted with a grey and rainy sky, just what you would expect from England. I caught the tube into the city which was an experience as it was 8am in the morning and was rush hour so it was packed. I dropped my bags off at kings cross station (the first of many monopoly board places that I would see) and wandered ...