Back from a hot summer

Hello Loyal Readers!

It's been a while since I've posted and that's because I had a great vacay in Europe. Did the requiste "backpacking through europe" ordeal.

This included:
Visiting more than 2 countries
Using the Eurail pass
Flying with Ryanair (won't use it unless it's worth it)
experiencing all the tourist and local sites.

Here are my best 5 photos:

(Memorial for all victims of the WW2 (Holocaust) - in Berlin)

(Being able to experience a piece of history through Concentration Camps. This one was at Sachsenhausen. The "Arbeit Machy Frei" means work will set you free.

The other concentration camp that I was able to visit was Terezin (1 hour north of Praha). Which became the showcase camp that the Nazi would display to the Red Cross. Amazing rich history in every pocket of the camp. Just amazing what the human collective is capable of accomplishing)

(Cseky Krumlov - 2.5 hours from Praha. Home to a 13th C Castle that is deemed a UNESCO world hertiage site. AMAZING small town with rich colours and cobble stone everywhere. So small that you turn one corner and it's another street)


(Barcelona - La Ramblas. Home to many street performers (buskers). They were very inventive. We actually ended up living a 1 minute walk from La Ramblas. But since the streets were so narrow and hidden, we definitely walked past it on the first day. We quickly remembered how to get there; then on. RP joined us in Barcelona and we took in all of Gaudi and the Beach. Great city.)

(NICE - cote d'azur) and the French Riveria. LOVE IT. feel in love when I was there in Gr.7, and just couldn't have ended my trip on a better note than in France. Such a cute city with a chilled attitude. Beach time on stones were a great change from the sand filled ones of Barcelona.

Was able to get 3 runs in while I was away. Back on track this last week.
3-4 runs. rowing and CORE..
Back on the bike. and got these stats:

[2/77/16] not bad. visited some pool peeps. saw some friends and just overall had a really laxed week.

more updates on food to come. Check out the FB photo album to see more photos

PS: the photos are not in any order, just top 5