I've often heard people say they love Vancouver because it's such an "outdoors-y" city, and that "it's so close to nature". I think this is in no small part due to Stanley Park; a huge expanse of parkland and reserved nature that literally sits side by side with downtown Vancouver. I can only imagine Central Park in New York City as being the only comparable reserved recreational space in such an inner-city area where the cost of land is at a premium. It's insane...

Before we get any further into our trip... For a long time now, we've had a bit of a travel to-do list in mind. For our wedding, rather than have people give gifts to fill a home or go towards a house deposit, we asked our guests to put a token amount towards some of the activities we wanted to do on our bucket list. Now that The TwentyFifteen Plan is in motion, we want to share what generally makes up our itinerary for this year away, and who we have to thank f...