Maps

Inspired by our honeymoon travels, Ryan bought a giant antique-style National Geographic map to hang in our living room. When we unrolled the package and laid it out on the floor, I couldn't help but sit right on top of it, totally immersed in how big the world is. I felt that same feelings I got back in my earliest geography classes - excitement, wonder, the desire to learn more about each tiny place. Maybe it was that excitement, or maybe just because the map was so big, that made me feel like a kid again.

The plan is for that excitement to inspire us to visit somewhere new each year.

We just got back from a 9 country European honeymoon - Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Greece, and Turkey.

Where should we go next?

Long Time No Talk

Thought I forgot about you? Well, you wouldn't be that wrong. This past year was incredibly busy - full of ups and downs and twists and turns. It's kind of perfect that my last post was "We're Engaged!", because up until recently, my wedding occupied the majority of my time. With our celebration in Kingston, and having just moved to Toronto, our weekends were spent driving back and forth negotiating with vendors and finalizing details. Not to mention, the weekends we spent writing guest lists, attending showers, writing thank you cards...

I've learned that when you say "yes", you're really saying "no" or "maybe later" to everything else in your life until you finally say "I do".

Our wedding was beautiful, everything I imagined and more (check out the amazing photography by Toronto-based Odd Sparrow). That being said, I'm glad that it's over. I'm glad that we can return to everything else that I've missed over the past year. Reading, writing, painting, baking, traveling, and more.

I'm glad to be back.

On our honeymoon, leaving Turkey