New friend on my last day in Corsica :)

My stay in Corsica passed by really quickly. Actually, good times always pass by quicker than usual! That last night was a relaxing traditional Corsican dinner at a restaurant with Sandrine, Olivier, and a friend of theirs Marie Thé.

It was a pleasure to have met Marie Thé. I found out that she's a teacher too, more specifically an English teacher. It is cool to meet people and make new friends, but it is always nice and interesting to meet someone who has something in common and who can share different experiences that can inspire you. It was fun to hear about her stories.

It was a chillax mood: we ate, we talked, we joked, we laughed, we enjoyed my last night!! AND we celebrated something that is really important to me, something that can be kept life-long when well maintained, something called FRIENDSHIP! I love you, guys!! Bisous!

The next morning the wonderful couple dropped me off to the airport and I took my flight to MOROCCO, babyyyy!!! :D

More stories to come!!

Chillin' by the water...

It was rainy, grey, and cold in England, which is totally normal. AND I HATED IT... soooo badly! I took all opportunities to escape it whenever I could. Good thing that kids in England had one week off every 5 weeks. Therefore every time that happened you would see Annie wandering around the world with her little blue carry-on luggage.

I was so happy to have spent my Christmas holidays in Corsica with long-time friends who I had not seen for a while... Sandrine and the SUN! I was so happy being able enjoy the beautiful weather wearing a hoodie, running shoes, and sunglasses! I was sooo sick of seeing my winter jacket and rain boots! (OH GOD!! YAARRK!!).

The most beautiful things that I missed was chilling by the water, people watching, catching up with friends and eating ICE CREAM... IN DECEMBER!!! Waaaaaah!!! I was sooo happy to get them all at once in Corsica. It was amazing, amazing, amazing times!!

PS: I miss you, my love!! xoxoxo

Our adventures!

During my stay in Corsica, I got the chance to visit and explore many different places. But the most important part was to catch up with a good friend of mine who I had not seen for years!! We talked a lot **Obviously!! We are women!! DUH! :P**, we ate like pigs **Obviously!! It's Annie! DUH!! ;)**, we had so much fun, we had good laughs, and we had unexpected adventures!

 
1) On our route during our road trip, we made a few stops to eat, rest, and take pictures. The ride went smoothly... Until we took that turn...

Then "BOOM!" ... TRAFFIC!! That was terrible!! I've never seen something like that! It took us a while to be able to beat that traffic, but it was sooooo funny that I was actually glad that it happened! I was dying of laughter! HAHAHHAHA...

2) We got to our hotel after a long drive. It was actually under big renovations... Drilling and banging sounds, and paint smell... First impression = BIG FAIL! Then we got to our room. It was damp and cold. There was no hot water. It didn't look really clean. No wonder it was the only place that wasn't fully booked!! Thus we decided to go around and look for another hotel. We prayed that there would be availabilities somewhere else.

Luckily, we found one! This room was much, much better! It was nicely decorated, very cute and cozy... As you can tell, I was dead tired. I actually had a good night sleep that night ;) Thank GOD!

3) We got back to Bastia pretty late that day. Therefore, we decided to grab a bite somewhere around the downtown area. For some reasons, it was very crowded. We drove in circle so many times in order to find a parking spot. We finally got one and good thing it was on one of the main streets. Then we had dinner, walked around and slowly headed back. When we got to the car, this is what we saw...

I was like "WHAT?!?!? REALLY?!?! You really parked your car in the middle of the street blocking another car?? WOW!" We looked on the windshield of our car to see if there was a contact number. NOTHING! We looked into the other car hoping that it was on 'neutral' so we could push it. NO, IT WASN'T! Then, my friend honked for a minute - or two - Finally, a guy came. I was ready to tell him off. But he came with a big smile telling us that he left the key in his car so we could move it. For a second time, I was like " WHAT?!?!? REALLY?!?! You really left your key in the car?? WOW!"

Apparently, that situation is very common in Corsica. Moral of this story: If you ever go to Corsica and need a car, you now know what to do... Look into people's cars! You might find a key!
** CRAZY CORSICANS!! :P

Live, Love, Laugh... Good times!! Good times!! :D

The Horizon...

A lovely friend of mine, Brittany, once told me that looking at the horizon makes a person happy. At that time, a lot of changes were happening in my life: beautiful, ugly, happy, sad, all kinds... I have to admit that it wasn't easy. I remember that day she and I were having a serious conversation, sitting at a cafe in Worthing, England located right in front of the sea. She comforted me... I looked at the horizon... dropped a tear... and smiled. It worked :)
**Brittany: Thanks hun! By the way, I miss you! Come back to Canada!! Xx

Out of all the places I've been to in Europe, Corsica was one of my favorites. Obviously, there are still so many, many beautiful places in this whole world for me to explore, but so far I have a little something extra for that island.

Why? Hmm... I think places that have both water and mountains are sooo beautiful and they give a relaxing, laid-back atmosphere. The horizon there was just WOW! I could just sit there, enjoy the amazing view and do nothing all day.  I was at a point of my life where I was learning to think ABOUT MYSELF and do things FOR MYSELF... Looking at that line which separates the ocean below and the universe above made me feel free... Then I started to dream and imagined myself going to any directions, no matter if it was up in the air or down in the water, that leads me to happiness. 

Corsica was one of the best therapies! Obviously, having a good shoulder to lean on helped a lot as well.  **Thank you Sandrine for being so understanding and supportive. LOVE YOU!!! Bisous

Roadtrip up to the mountains

As you know, I am an easy-going friendly person, thus I don't have any problems making new friends. I have always been lucky enough to meet nice people wherever I go and I am blessed to have good friends a bit everywhere around the world!

When I got to Corsica, I didn't have to think about anything. Sandrine had planned a whole itinerary for me! She is just TOOOOO nice!!! Because she knows I love taking pictures of the sceneries, she decided to take me up the mountains where we could view amazing landscapes.

We packed for our 2-day journey, prepared snacks to munch on, and left for the adventures! WOOTWOOT!

We actually crossed the island from east to west taking narrow winding roads through the mountains. **Here's an advice: If you have motion sickness, DO take meds because it was quiet "wavy" in the car ;) Fortunately, I didn't get sick and GOOD THING that I didn't because I would have missed all the beautiful views... It was absolutely breath-taking!

La réserve de Scandola

If you like the landscapes, Corsica is THE place to go!! It is an island that has the best combination of mountains, rocks, sea, sand, blue sky, greens, water, clouds, whatever you would like to see... AND I don't know why, but my friend The Sun is just more friendly there!! :D

These pictures were taken at the end of the month December! Can you imagine?!?! DECEMBER!!! Isn't it beautiful?? Does the sun look stunning?? See!! I'm not lying!! ;)

Oh! I forgot to say that my friend is actually a tourist guide of HER CORSICA (That's how she calls it!).  She obviously knows where to take me in order to get the best shots! So, if you ever decide to go to Corsica, you can hire her to take you around! ( Sandrine, je te trouve des clients!! :P ) She'll be more than happy to!!

Hello AGAIN!!! :)

Hi everybody!

As you can tell, I've been slacking off for the past few months! I haven't written anything on my blog for reaaallyyy long time! Well, as you all know, I was busy travelling the "world" :P . I was hopping from country to country and continent to continent! That is why I didn't bring my laptop with me and that is also why I have A LOT to catch up with you guys!

I came back in July and have been busy since. I was busy meeting up with my family and friends, working here and there, looking for a job in my field, and BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLAH. But when I talk about my experiences to people I meet, I just have that amazing feeling coming back to my heart and beautiful images, in my head EVERY SINGLE TIME. I get all bubbly and my minds goes back to whatever place my stories tell me to.

Now that I am a bit more stable back in Montreal, it is the time for me to continue sharing my exciting adventures abroad with you all. Oh GOD! I have so much to write about!! Hopefully, I'll be able to be consistent in my writing!

Ok... Now let's go back to where I left you guys... in CORSICA! :)

Aaaaahh **sigh**... Let the dreams start all over... AGAIN! :D

Bonne fete petit frere! ;)

Bonne fete a mon petit frere... qui est plus grand que moi!! :P 

Depuis longtemps je me suis dit que je voulais une soeur a la place d'un frere... comme j'etais mechante! Mais, aujourd'hui, je peux te dire que je suis vraiment chanceuse de t'avoir comme frere! Ces dernieres annees, tu as beaucoup pris soin de moi et je t'en remercie beaucoup! 

Cette annee, tu es officiellement rendu (et tu dois etre) un grand garcon!! Tu as franchi une nouvelle etape de la vie et je suis fiere de toi! Toutes mes felicitations! Je sais que tu vas etre un tres bon parent et j'ai confiance que la petite Emmy est chanceuse d'avoir un pere comme toi!

Amuse-toi bien! Aies une premiere belle celebration avec ta petite famille! 

On se voit bientot!

Meme si on ne se le dit pas... Je sais que tu sais que je t'aime fort! :D

Xox