During the one year of trotting through Europe.

With my travel buddy, best friend, pool partner, and other half.

Let's see where we will be after one year in Canada.

Make traveling a priority. The more you see, the more you know.

Traveling does not come cheap but there are countries out there that allows you to travel on a budget. & there are ways of finding cheap flights.

 

Stop trying to change yourself, but work on those areas where you can improve.

You can easily say, do more of this and that. Looking at the good and bad aspects of 2014, challenge yourself to be better. It is all in the state of mind.

 

Forget those new years resolution, majority of us make them mainly feeling the pressure of new year, new you! But how many of us actually keep them? I find it a disappointment on myself so instead on resolutions, set intentions. It focuses on the bigger picture rather than small aspects of our life and align them to both your personal and professional life.

 

 

Handbrot, my all time favourite! Fresh baked bread stuffed with cheese, bacon bits or mushrooms topped off with sour cream and chives. If you are ever lucky enough to attend the various festivals throughout Germany and stumble upon one of these stands... wait in those massive line for one, I promise you it's worth it. OR go visit Leipzig and get one at the "handbrotzeit" available all year around.

 

Trdelnik, traditional Hungarian baked specialty where it is now adopted by Germany, Austria and Czech as their own. Often time, it is served fresh.

 

... just kidding, instead a Canadian-inspired restaurant called 'Ontario' in the heart of the city. Located directly in front of the beautiful Frauenkirche giving you the most spectacular view.

All the way from Canada to beautiful Dresden! Couldn't have been a better way to start off the month then having one of my favorite visit.

Make Linda fall in love with what I fell in love with from the moment I stepped foot into the city.

May or may have not work since she did board that flight...

I did try my best and showed the charm this city had to offer along with taking a day trip to beautiful Prague. I still fall in love with city every time I cross the bridge from Neustadt to Altstadt or vice versa.

Another off the bucket list, Oktoberfest 2014 conquered with the help of my partner in crime, Janne.

Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany otherwise known as the Wiesn. One of the world largest beer festival in the world. Definitely an experience that I don't know if I would like to repeat again. Not that it was not fun, it was an amazing time. A drunken mess to be more precise but once is more than enough for me. I don't know how people do it, drink before 10am and continue till late afternoon or sometimes till close... & most of the time, this is repeated everyday for x amount of days. I only made it out to the wiesn 2 out of the 4 days I was there but I was physically exhausted, for which I felt I needed a week to completely recover. Sorry liver.

 

There were numerous different tents serving various brews from Bavaria. However, we only made it to one tent, Fischer Vroni. It was one of the tent that were relatively easier to get in, we managed to get a table under 15 minutes. Impressive? I must say so. Many mass biers later, we joined in on table dancing, which is a lot safer than sitting down. Along with meeting various people from all over as well making friends with the security and chef from the kitchen. This was a plus! Made is so much easier to get in the same tent on the Friday, which happens to be a holiday throughout Germany. Tents were full by 11am... and I did not make it out to the wiesn till about 17:00! So my tip to people who don't want to pay the expensive prices of table reservation at Oktoberfest. I say go on the weekday when its not so busy, get drunk and make friends with the security and staff there.

Thank you for the good company along with the many nights of silly pillow talks.

Managed to do a bit of sightseeing during the hustle and bustle of Oktoberfest. Though it was only one stop, Marienplatz... better than nothing.

Home sweet home, back to beautiful Dresden along with my handsome dude.