Vinterferie

"Vinterferie", or spring break as we know it was over yesterday. So for the last week and weekends I've had a lot done and it was great!


Spring break was great, my sister was at school (because she does not get a spring break) but the kids were home every day and we had a really good time! it was full of activities and here's what we got to do :)The weekend right before vinterferie started, the kids and I decided to make and decorate cupcakes! now that was Fun! We got the easy cup cake mix, filled up two trays of cup cakes, baked them and then decorated them which I think was the most exciting part.


A few days later my sister says that her husband has to go to germany for work for a full day. Specifically to Hamburg which is 4 hours away. He offered to drive us, we'd drop him off somewhere and then we can keep the car for the whole day! The trip to Hamburg was so nice, it is a beautiful city and has a lot of shopping malls. It also has tons of museums which we didn't get to see because 1 - we have kids and 2 - time restrictions! We visited an interior design exhibition which my sister was really excited about and spent the rest of the day shopping.


Hamburg was nice ... But... the ride there was even better. Half way through and between Denmark and Germany, you get to go on one of those big ships where you park your car and you go up to the deck. You can get food, get shopping done or just enjoy the view! It was super exciting because I haven't done something like that before! I've been on ferries but that was different


After hamburg, there was a Noha- Maria (My oldest niece) special day where we go to go out alone, taking public transportation to get to the busy part of town and got to see the city like tourists! Of course, dropping by the Disney Store was the highlight of the trip for my niece but for me it was this little tower that I found out of no where, where for $5, you can climb up and see all of Copenhagen from top! it was really pretty and I got pictures to prove it!
Yesterday, which was technically the last day of Vinterferie, we got to go visit my sister's friends who were hosting a birthday party for one of the girls, It is not usually my scene but I had fun, the people were so nice, there was lots of music and dancing which I always like and lots of really good home made food! Who wouldn't love that?


The rest of the days were spent with family either going out locally, sitting at home doing crafts, or watching movies! The point is I think I've accomplished a lot during the last week which was nice!


The one thing left to say is I now officially got Barcelona, Spain on the map. I won't be able to stay for long but I am not complaining. I am so glad I got to add it to my itinerary.


This Friday I leave to Frankfurt! I've been looking for this for sometime now. I will be staying with a friend I met Once more than 10 years ago. More to come on that later!


This is me signing off. 
Noha

First Week - CPH

Well...


I have been here for a week. and things are pretty interesting. Being in copenhagen is different than being in other cities because i am with family. I don't do as much exploration as I would do if I'm travelling alone, I also don't take pictures of the city for some reason. Maybe because I've been here before and maybe because there are no major touristic attractions that I can take pictures of. Instead, my time is filled with three little kids. and this is what my day is usually like.


Mornings:
there are 2 kinds, one where I am by myself at home and everyone's at work or school.And one where my sister is at home with me and the rest are at work/school. Usually when I'm alone I focus on self-care. take long showers, do my nails, do little things that I find interesting (i.e Soduko)


When my sister has a day off school, we usually end up shopping. Her and her Husband bought a new house about 6 months ago, which means there's always something to shops for, if not for ourselves, then its for the house. 


Afternoons:
2 kinds as well, one with sister and kids around, and one with kids around only, both are awesome, but I love it when my sister spends time to take care of herself and does things that she wants to do. I end up doing some sort of activity with the children, knitting, wii-ing, dancing and being silly, playing games on my iPad and so on.


Evenings:
1 awesome kind. kids asleep, my sister, her husband and myself, watching TV shows, munching on something and cracking jokes all night till they decide to go to sleep. then its my watching whatever's on TV till I decide to sleep as well!


So as you know, i'm a couchsurfer, and it was really important for me to meet some couch surfers here in Copenhagen. so last night I met up with a big group of surfers at a place near the shopping area for drinks. local couchsurfers meet up every tuesday night, I decided to go and it was awesome! I met people from Romania, Lithuania, the states, Germany and of course a few from Copenhagen as well. I was happy I decided to go. and I hope I can do it again.


So first week, no complaints. I'm looking forward to next week though, when the kids are home for the spring break I'm planning lots of fun stuff, but I'll tell you about that next time... 


It is so easy to be on Vacation ;)


Signing Off,


Noha

Original Reason for Creating This Blog!


I still think that actually purchasing the ticket -for what promises to be an amazing trip- is the hardest part, however, that doesn't make the rest of the process easy. On my Itinerary: *Rome*, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and London! With 10 weeks left till my departure day, I feel that things just keep adding up! Here, I will keep track of the progress I make through a little tracker in the beginning of each post *how that works is explained in the first post*. I Can’t Wait, Let’s Do This!!!

A letter to My Floronian Friends!

hey hey!
I'm in copenhagen!! Everything felt very rushed after I left florence, I still feel like I haven't had enough of Italy though! I feel like I need to for at least a couple  more weeks just to feel that i've done the big things that people do When In Rome!

So what happened that night is that I checked the hotel you guys dropped me at, there was no one at the reception for so long and no bells or anything to ring! and I was so bored of waiting, so i went on their computer to check the details of my booking, turns out you have to cross the bridge that has all the gold shops on it and then turn left and its right there! so I did so..

I got to the hostel i booked and it was very very... very bad! I can't tell you how bad iit was, I was the only person there, with rooms that were super old, and washroom that was so dirty and the whole place was so cold! but of course I didn't know till after i checked in, so I looked at the room and was like.. NO! so I left, and somebody told me earlier that night that cabs after 11 pm take women around for a discounted rate, so I got a cab, asked him to take me to hotels near the station (it came to 7 euros) and checked myself into a nice hotel that was super super awesome, specially after what i saw!

The next day i had to check out at 12 01  pm, but I actually woke up at 12 30 pm, but the hotel people were very nice and didnt say anything, when i walked out there was a tour bus infront of me, hopping on and off was 20 euros for the day but I told them i'm not staying for that long so they gave me a ticket for 12 euros! so I got to see everything~ without all the walking~ and i'm uploading pictures as we speak so feel free to check those out~

sorry for writing a lot lol,, i just owed you a big explanation, even though we only met for a short time, I really enjoyed your company! and I hope that I get to return the favor when you come visit me in toronto!

<3 Love
Noha

Its Time!

▓░▓: 10
€$£: 10
OAP: 10


enough said.

*~Bridesmaids~* * 0 Week - 1 Day - 18 hours - 54 minutes - 4 seconds *

▓░▓: 9.5
€$£: 10
OAP: 9


Hello Ladies!


First of all I want to say Thank You for offering to accompany me on my trip to the airport! And for being so awesome and so supportive through out this whole Mission! You've made my life so much easier, wether you're letting me use your space or your external hard drive for storage! It means a lot and I wouldn't have wanted to share this with anyone else!


Just so you're all caught up! Things so far are great and smooth! The apartment is almost ready, everything in there is either staying in the apartment or getting packed to go with me! One thing on my mind though is this essay that needs to be done that just doesn't want to be done! Hopefully it will be done by tomorrow afternoon! My Sunday evening will be dedicated towards some more arranging and packing things!


Comes Monday, the big day, That's when I'll really need your help! As my official bridesmaids, I've made a list of errands and tasks that I'm going to ask you take on! :-) (please keep in mind that you have full authority of declining your tasks and without having to provide any explanations!). Please feel free to drop by Anytime, I'm sure I'll need your help somehow, but whatever you do, please don't be later than 4:00 pm!! gives us enough time to zip up the bags and head to the airport!


A common task between all of you is to Please keep an eye on me all Monday, I might change my mind, i might get a nervous break down, or i might just simply be so unrealisticly calm! either one of those is not good! If i'm in any of these moods, use your discretion to figure out what to do! hehe!

I also have some personal tasks for each one of you (again, feel free to say no)


S***, your task is to stop by shoppers drug mart and pick me up 2 packs of Sudafed, for sinus relief. lets say 2 packs or whatever is equivelant to 20 pills, (if these are different strength, the maximum is preferred).

T****, Your task is to stop by Payless, across the street from the eaton center on Yonge st and if possible pick me up 2 bottles of repellent spray for shoes!!










A***, your task is to stop by the hardware store, and get me a copy of my door key, the main door key and the laundry room key!

Please be sure that you will be reimbursed for the purchases on Monday and that you can totally refuse the job, I just thought I really won't be able to do this all before I go and I'd really, really appriciate the help! and I hope its not asking for much!


Beautiful People! I'm the luckiest person alive! You Rock My World and I hope that one day I can repay you!


Lots of love
NWT


p.s. if any of you want to take the task of writing my essay, that's also up on the list, just please don't fight over it!

* 1 Week - 0 Days - 13 hours - 47 minutes - 37 seconds *

▓░▓: 7
€$£: 10
OAP: 8

Few hours left till my first exam. For some reason, I’m ready to just go get it done and over with! Not that I’ve studied for it, but not that it matters!! I just feel like I have so much more to worry about and I also feel like I can make up things on the exam!

Alright so one week is left and things are finally getting together! In a way I have so much left to do, but in a way, they’re all small things that I’ve got organized according to importance and the days in which I will do them! On my “to do list” are things like Buying Gum! For some reason I really love chewing gum from different parts of the world. I had this idea that I want to buy a lot of gum for people who share my passion!

I also need to get some euros, arrange my pick up with an airport limo, buy a couple of things, arrange my makeup and accessories, make sure my camera and the chargers are ready, and most importantly, update the music on my iPhone!

I tried to not leave any tasks for the day that I leave, except for one. Pedicures and Manicures! In a perfect world, that’s all I would have to do the day that I’m actually leaving! So I’m gonna try and make sure that it works that way!

I’ve downloaded some Italian Language apps that are helping me a lot with picking up phrases, and learning small words here and there!

Finally, I just want to say Thanks to all the amazing people who showed up (and those of you who didn’t as well) for my good bye get together last Friday for being so awesome and being there! I really do feel like the luckiest girl in the world! And for those of you who did or made plans to take me out for our private good bye outings!

Lots of Love

NWT