Monday 14th May: we left the hotel at 7am this morning after getting a coffee at the Starbucks. We rented a car from Hertz and in a Nissan Tiida (called here Nissan Versa) we headed to Quebec City, a 3hrs drive from downtown Montreal. The drive itself was already worth it; many times I felt I had just stepped out of one of Bob Ross' paintings; the trees where so beautiful and the colors incredibly pure and fresh. (Ross' quote: If you did this with yellow, and you...

Sunday 13th of May: after a good night of sleep, we woke up to a grey and rainy Montreal. Obviously that didn't bother us even a little bit and after a nice breakfast at Saint Cinnamon -see picture- we went to the Mount Royal, the highlight of Montreal. The highest point can be found at 233m and you get there by walking up some steep hills and many stairs. Did I mention you need to climb a lot of stairs to get there? I realized once again how 'out of shape' I am ...

It is 21.20 Vienna time at the time of writing this update. Here's what we've done so far today. We left our apartment exactly 11hrs and 50 min ago and took a taxi to the airport. The friendly lad brought us in 20 minutes from door to door. Having left Dubai 1,5 years ago, and therefore not being used to some insane driving anymore, I think Philipp and I both endured several tiny heart-attacks during that ride, but oh well, we survived. It was a premiere for the ...

What was special about my birthday this year, was that my parents decided to drive all the way from Holland to Austria, to surprise me! A 10-hour drive, that's a heck of a long drive to just pop by and say "surpriiiiise".. But they did it.. Anyway, long story short, I came home from work on Friday the 27th (of April) and I found my parents in my closet.. And a surprise it was, I tell ya!! They were staying for the weekend and as if it was meant to be, it was the ...