Canada Adventures part 2

Part 2 of my Canada adventures! These pictures are from the surprise weekend we had in downtown Toronto. It was sooooo cold that first day. Once we got there after a taxi and subway ride we ran straight into the first Tim Horton's just so we wouldn't freeze to death. Those sandwiches though.. not a good idea. They might look good, but made us feel pretty sick..

After that it was time for check in at the Hilton! Complete with festive massive christmas tree!

 We did a lot of vinyl hunting... Record stores always remind me of High Fidelity, obviously.

 Cold night walks through Toronto with pretty lights ^^

 QUIKSILVER!!

Plenty of polaroid film is necessary in my life.

 View from the room! So pretty! Unfortunately we never got to try out that hot tub :(

One of the highlights of the weekend? Most definitely the Aladdin musical. It kicked Disney on Ice's ass at least 100 times. You couldn't take any pictures during the show, but here's a little sneak peak.. if you ever get the chance to see it, gogogo!

 Mirror selfies...

 And candid shots n.n

 More records! Found a precious blue Alkaline Trio record here!

HUNGRY. We were so hungry. We went to Mandarin which is an all you can eat buffet and it was amazing... we could hardly walk afterwards haha.

 Their dessert bar... omg...

Soooo tired.. food coma..

On the final day one of the places we went was the CN Tower! It was kinda snowy and foggy so you couldn't see as far as usual, but it was still very pretty AND a little scary...

 It felt so... unnatural to stand on the glass floor. It's so scary. I was certain it was going to break at any time.

 Weird sign is weird.

That day we also went to the Ripley's Aquarium, but that deserves a post for itself :)

♥ Christmas in Canada ♥

Hello lovelies! It has certainly been a while.. my life has done a complete 180 and therefore this blog got a little neglected. I have so many pictures to share though so I reckoned I shouldn't procrastinate any longer and start posting some on here! Ready for the cold? :)

The day right before I arrived in Toronto, Canada there had been a huge ice storm.. it got me a little worried about my flight but luckily I had no delays whatsoever! All I got was some amazing scenery the next day (and a whole lot of icy coldness when I got off the plane, brrrrr). Anyway, all the trees (and everything else) was covered in ice and it sure did some insane damage I had never seen before...

I think I took these pictures on christmas day...  I arrived on christmas eve, got picked up by my lovely boyfriend and his friend at the airport and was welcomed by a wonderful family where I continued to stay for the next 4 weeks.

 Snoooooow everywhere! My first snow of the year! A white christmas after all ^^

This is some of the crazy damage the ice storm did. Branches just broke off and trees split right through the middle.

A few days later, on the 28th, we had a christmas (dinner) party where I got to meet even more amazing people! And finally had a good excuse to use my mini instax polaroid again :)

After a long night, the boyfriend and I went to Disney on Ice the next day. Obviously there were a lot of kids, but it was still awesome. The costumes, skaters and effects were amazing. I tried taking some pictures, but they just wouldn't stand still! I guess that's a good thing though..

Be our guest..

 I think this was Under the Sea!

After that we went to get some dinner and walked around downtown Toronto for a little bit (it was cooooold). The CN Tower even had christmas colors!

 HUGE CHRISTMAS TREE.

 The Times Square of Toronto...

 And of course... ice cream! Because it was cold and ice cream is awesome.

Those were the first few days of my Canada adventures. More to come soon when I can be bothered to sort and edit more pictures. I can tell you though: booking that ticket has been one of the best decisions I ever made n.n

Hope everyone is doing well and had a good start of 2014!

A Day in Asia: HUGE post with art, food and cuteness!

Hi there! Yesterday I felt like I was in a different city, like I was somewhere far faaaar away. But in reality, I was only a 20 minute walk away from my house. Let me tell you how this happened!

First, I decided I wanted to visit the World of Manga exhibition! So I walked there. This museum is always one of my favorites to walk to. The gorgeous trees and houses (and vintage cars!) I walk by always amaze me. Once I got there, the nice lady who got me my ticket complimented me on my hair n.n

I didn't take any pictures because I forgot to take my camera out of my bag x.x The exhibition itself was a little less exciting as I thought it would be. It was super interesting though to learn about all the various gods/demons/history that have influenced manga from the very beginning. It all started very dark on the first floor, and the second floor was all pink and dreamy!

My favorite part was the last part, focussing on anime. They had a space with 4 big screens that showed parts of the anime Wolf Children, with piano music playing in the background and a round couch in the middle. It was so beautiful and relaxing, I could've sat there all day. The scenery in the movie looked breathtaking and I definitely want to watch it sometime soon now!

In less than an hour I stood outside again, proud of myself I didn't buy anything at the shop (I was drooling over some adorable Hello Kitty x Momiji dolls..). I also found out there was going to be a new Future Pass exhibition in February 2014!! I hope it'll be around for some time, since I probably won't be here then. But omg I'm so excited! The last Future Pass exhibition was one of my favorite art exhibitions EVER.

I didn't feel like going home yet and was craving more Asian inspiration! So I headed to the Chinatown side of town! There I finally got to visit two of my favorite 'kawaii' shops, the 'Gift Shop' and it's slightly more expensive sister Wah Kiu. At Wah Kiu they had the greatest gigantic Chococat Plush EVER. I cried a little inside when I saw it was 114 euros... Someday chococat, someday...

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They also had some REALLY cute tea and Wah Kiu. I snatched a folder of it so I could at least look at the pretty artwork a little longer and read a bit more about it. It looks so cool (or should I say hot?) and delicious. I definitely want to get some sometime soon!

All the different packaging!

Probably the prettiest blooming tea. Want!

This tea makes your eyebrows super long??

Then I came across an Asian supermarket I hadn't been in before, so naturally, I dived right in! I went straight to the snacks and candy section and almost died Cx they had a lot of cute goodness I hadn't seen in any other stores before! I only took a small selection with me since I knew I'd end up eating it all in a day. Walking there, hearing everyone talk in languages I couldn't understand really made me feel like I was in a local supermarket somewhere in Asia for a little bit.

Cuteness in a bag!

Then I was hungry and my feet were tired so I walked back home, to nom on all the cute snacks! The Double Pretz with Strawberry Cake flavor were my #1 favorite. DELICIOUS. The Pooh bear biscuits with creamy lemon filling were super yummy too though.

Greatest sticks ever. Ignore my horrible nails...

Soooooo adorable.

Omnomnom

Pooh bear shaped biscuits c:

Kawaii Mickey!

Holographic tape *__*

These weren't that delicious, but I only got them for the cute tin anyway n.n

Oh and I got a new Hello Kitty figurine to add to my collection! I hadn't gotten a surprise egg in ages, and I was happy I didn't have this one yet.

Tiny Kitty

And since we're on the subject of Asia/Japan anyway, yesterday I got some awesome stuff at Zara! They had a sale, and I still had a giftcard lying around (score!) and they had some amazing Asia inspired shirts. I got a Tokyo crop top and the greatest bat print sweater ever. Honestly, my heart skipped a beat when I saw that sweater. It's perfect. Also got a striped bodycon dress at H&M for cheaps, some knee socks and delicious smelling bodybutter with grapefruit and lemon!

Wow, that was one long post, but I just felt like sharing LOTS of fun and cute stuff with you today. Just remember that just because you might not have to money/time to travel far, doesn't mean you can't have any fun! When you look carefully, your dream holiday/fun vacation spots might just be around the corner. Go explore! That being sad, I shall now leave you with this delicious coconut pudding with mango sauce.

Hope everyone is having a great week/summer so far!