The Road

Hello from somewhere between Amsterdam and Paris, France.

It seems we managed to book about the coolest collection of travel we could find just short of jumping a boat for a days ride to Dublin!

A flight from Toronto to London.
Buses, taxis, Clipper boats, the tube, rail tram and everything in between in London.
A flight from London to Amsterdam.
DEADLY Bike taxi in Amsterdam.
(On it right now) Train to Paris.
Tomorrow night a flight to Dublin and then who knows from there except for a flight home on the 20th.

Its a fun ride, a little strange and filled with a few missions that involved some frustration, speeding and sprinting including through an airport.

It is strange how you can be so blind to things that are right in front of you. In Toronto there is a "tube" aka the Subway, there are buses everywhere, taxis (obviously), boats, etc, but it seems that unless you are a tourist somewhere those things go untouched. In London we met a lot of people that had not done the Eye ride, tours including Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Tower of London. I guess if you live there it isn't a huge priority because its always there... but still I think its weird, then again this coming from a girl who hasn't been in the CN Tower since she was about... 5 i think? Mum... Pop.... you tell me cause I don't know. Theres a lot of cool stuff in your own cities that doesn't get done... So people go do it its crazy cool, I wish I had time to do the Big Ben tour and Buckingham Palace and especially the Eye's view of the city but we did get a lot of stuff done on our trip through London and it was beautiful and amazing and we thank all of the city and helpful hello's and info desks.

We left a nice note on leaving the house we had rented in London including a mini Canada flag as a token of our nation pride and appreciation and a special gift for one of the kids. The family had 4 children and we were all divided into rooms, Wade and I got a young boys room named Henry, Henry had such cool stuff! Including a few bills from different countries, maybe a collection? So It seemed necessary to leave a $5 and $10 for Henry to add to his board, hopefully he likes them!
The plane and trip to the airport was incredibly... entertaining but worth it since we made the flight and managed to get settled before our long train to Paris.

I won't say much but one thing is for sure, people can tell you about it, explain it perfectly, maybe even show you a picture but it does nothing to explain what its really like... just saying.

Anyways, we are now off to Paris on this wonderful train. I have been to a lot of places in the world, including Holland a few times (no never Paris) but i have never even thought about the train and it is really beautiful! We are also just skipping along, you may not pay attention to it as it passes between the hills but if you have never been on one I suggest it, it really is a great thing to experience...
Wade tells me I'm small town but if being small town makes me appreciate things like this this much more then the other around me (so it seems) then I'll take small town any and everyday for the rest of it all!

Until next time I suppose.

Enjoy.

Cheers,

-Hero