the hike...

as we prep to go on one this upcoming mind i started to think of the past hike attempt we did this summer. this hike took a LOT of compromise and work to come about. mark loves loves loves hiking with all his heart. when we initially thought of going to europe our three week trip had a two week hike planted firmly in the middle. needless to say i wasn't very pleased, and made it quite known. in the end we figured it out, all was well and a week hike was planned.

i have to say, with all the hustle and bustle in paris, i (yes its true) was looking forward to a little escape into the mountains. seeing nature in its finest. what we soon realized was that canada is pretty fantastic and really just impossible to beat! way to go our country.

to play fair, our one attempt at hiking did not fair well. we went in pretty sick doing this climb. it was suppose to be a 5 hour hike that took us 8 hours to do. we had 1500mL between the two of us and ran out of water about 5 hours in. when we went to get the to the water source, unfortunately they had closed up for the day, leaving us significantly parched. we did find water, but not in the most hiker responsible way. AND to top it off. the pass between the swiss/france border that we worked so hard to cross. many took the gondala to do the same. leaving us a lttle weary and defeated.

but we came out with plenty of stories, wonderful pictures and (still some) spectacular sights. AND i did get to do my running in the mountains once in the swiss alps. in addition we saw plenty of olympics in between our sleep deprived sickness. that was the one motivator that brought us to london to continue our wonderful european getaway.

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A lot of churches can be a lot of fun

It has come. The un-motivating force of being sick of school. He he. And by that I mean papers and assignments. I loathe you. So instead of thinking of that I have been baking, scrapbooking and thinking a bit about travels that have been.

That travels means churches. We saw lots of churches. You would think after being in the fifth one we would have been sick of it but they just seemed to be more intricate, have a more fascinating story and hold a magnificent mystique. Not to mention holding some pretty famous people from kings, queens, philosophers and artists (even if those said people never wanted to be there in the first place).

Two of my favs were Westminster abbey and an extravagant one in Sienna. So many wonderful stories, beautiful architecture and my love for stained glass came out. ahhhh. Heart. I have said it before, but one must do an audio tour where ever they tour!

Mark, enjoyed them too. Churches hold all the history he loves and with that many things to look and examine. Again something fun to watch in him as he enjoyed so much of it!

Well off to procrastinate some more!
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