The Rest of October ...

October has come and gone and again I find myself behind with updates …
I'm definitely missing the beautiful Canadian fall, from the fresh weather, endless colours, and yummy holidays - but I'm finding my unique European equivalents (other than 'american' football - real 'football' just doesn't cut it).
The major highlights from the past month include a trip to Novi Sad, Serbia's second largest city. It is definitely my favourite city in the country, just had a real vibe to it. People were very friendly, they had pride in their city and the scenery was great. Again this was a city destroyed by the NATO bombings in 1999, but it has rebuilt itself quite nicely. The best parts being the giant fortress, which technically makes up half the city, and a beautiful church in their town square. The weather was great so I got some good pictures.









The other highlight was taking a trip to see my brother Tyler in Dublin. It was a last minute decision but everything seemed to fit so I couldn't pass it up - much to the fact that Ty is insanely busy with school (come on what's a couple of days in med school anyways …). It was a really good travel experience - taking the bus from the airport, figuring things out on the go and just enjoying the new environment instead of forced sight seeing. Not to mention I was absolutely ecstatic to hear english again. Unfortunately my Dad was suppose to meet us there as well but he had problems with visa so Mom, Ty, and I had some fun without him. We spent two days in Limerick where Ty goes to school. We saw lots of churches, did a couple of museums, lots of walking, and good food.




















Than we headed to Dublin for three days. The Guinness brewery tour, Trinity College, and the restaurants were probably my favorite parts, but I enjoyed everything. Definitely need to go back to finish off the sights in Dublin and see more of the Island. I got some good picture on this trip too (I had to put the camera away at one point because Ty got a little irritated with the amount I was taking - he had a point haha).
















Other than that work is keeping me busy and I'm finally making some head way with basketball stuff so we will see how November goes. Talk to you soon.

"Where you are going is more important than how fast we get there." UN
Mich