Weekend Adventures

This weekend Mike's best friend from home, Kirsten, came up to Burlington with her boyfriend and some friends for a visit. We had tons of fun with everyone, the activities included: A trip to Montreal, Hiking, Walking around Church Street and eating... A LOT.

Here are some snapshots of the weekend:

We spent part of our day in Montreal exploring the Notre Dame BasilicaWhich is probably one of the most beautiful churches I have ever seen. (note how intricate the altar is)

Confessional

Beautiful stained glass and paintings. I would love to go to Italy sometime and see the Sistine chapel and all the classical Italian art. I took an art history class my freshman year of college and fell in love with early renaissance religious art. 

Breathtaking Altar

Mon petit et moi avant l'autel

Un autre autel dans un petit chapelle dans le Basilique

I am so excited that I got to experience the church and Montreal with Mike and everyone before I leave for  Madagascar. And I also got to improve my French skills!!!

I was starting to get really irritated with the Quebeçois after a while because I would speak French to them- I guess I looked pretty American (or my friends gave me away) because they would always answer me in English. Even though I understand French! 

Haha the boys were loving this. 

Mike took us to this Portuguese restaurant in the city that basically sold giant rotisserie chickens that had been cooking all day and delicious artery clogging fries. I can always rely on Mike to find a great restaurant! 

After almost giving ourselves heart attacks we decided it would be a good idea to go on a hike the next day to burn a kilocalorie or tow. Cody decided to burn more than a kilocalorie by moving a huge boulder out of our way that was blocking the trail. 

Ice skating anyone?

Enjoying the vista

In all we all had a wonderful weekend full of activities! I hope these last two weekends I have in North America serve to be just as fantastic!!!! :-)

~Much Love to All~

Here's to a New Year!

2011 served to be a difficult year for me but 2012 rang in like a brand new year. I was lucky enough to have some of my best friends from home venture up to Vermont for the night to celebrate! It was an amazingly fun night and I am so lucky to have been surrounded by my best friends and boyfriend :-)

Oh and By the way... I just got a Nikon digital SLR camera for Christmas and had way too much fun taking pictures.

Cody and I were on decoration committee- We did a beautiful job.

Downtown on Church St.

Bedford Girls in Burlington!!!!

New Years Eve dragon parade!

Michael the renowned chef

I love my girls :-)

Cody- looking ever so attractive

We're pretty cute...

So here's to a New Year! Let hope hat 2012 will bring peace, love and prosperity to all!!!!

Halloween

Oh Halloween Weekend! Where girls find an excuse to dress in nothing and college students roam the streets of Burlington waking up the whole town with their crazy antics. There is always so much building up to it yet, I feel like it is always very anticlimactic. We had fun thois year though! here is a preview of some of the outfits-

 

Codisson the almighty Zeus

  

Ellen as watchmen, Cody as Zeus, I'm a mermaid,
 Elise as a wood nymph and Evan as Waldo