It's a good thing I decided to wear my proper shoes with my insoles because everything in the area is cobblestone, and pretty loose cobblestone in some places. They split us into groups of 20 because a group of 40 is hard to handle for one tour guide and still be heard. I was with Cosette, Amy and Johanna. We started out at our hotel and began walking down the main tree-lined street. I have to say, that pedestrian-only street is really beautiful. And it has...

I have no idea when the date or time changed - probably somewhere around Reykjavik. There was almost nothing to see on the flight over to Helsinki because there was a lot of cloud cover unfortunately. Disembarking in Helsinki was a bit of a gong-show. Because of the mix-up in Edmonton we had to pick up our bags so we could recheck them and get a new boarding pass. BUT when we got there, the Baltic Air desk wasn't going to be open for over an hour, so we had ...

To get from the terminal to the plane, we had to board a bus to take us out onto the tarmac. The choir tried to do sing Vindo, but it turned out horribly. Maybe it was the lack of sleep. It's been a long time since I've had to walk across tarmac and up the steps onto a plane, but it was a small enough plane that there was no need for a proper gate. The plane was tiny, just four across and had rotary propellers. I'm also pretty sure the man sitting n...

Unfortunately, even though we were leaving today, I had to wake up early to be at work for an almost full day starting at 7am. Took a good shower before I left because it was going to be a long time before we got another shower. The drive to work was actually really smooth because of how early it was. Got all my work done and left at 1pm. Went for a sushi lunch with Zach and it was nice to be able to spend a bit of time with him before I left. Went home to pick ...

Although Canada Day wasn't the day we left, this was essentially the start of our tour. We'd spent ages getting ready for this tour; doing recording sessions and extra practices, so we figured besides our pre-tour concert we should get in the swing of things by doing a set of Canada Day concerts at the Devonian Gardens that are just outside of Edmonton.   A bit of background here, I sung in EYC from 2005-2009 and then I moved to Victoria. This was my fi...