Canada Vlog Part 7

Yesterday the final part of our Canadian Vlog went live. The vlog is very chilled compared to the rest of the vlogs. This one mainly involves driving back to Vancouver and what we get up to along the way. I also vlogged our stay in Richmond, which is just South of Vancouver. Oh, and amazing Asian food in this area guys!

Anyway, I hope you guys have enjoyed my first ever vlog series. I had so much fun filming the entire thing, editing it and seeing it all come together. I hope to continue vlogging when I go on adventures around the world, and I may do some vlogs around London if we've got a particular exciting weekend going on.
I actually vlogged last weekend where me and Joe headed into London, but you'll have to wait till Sunday to see it!

Also, what do you guys think of me starting another YouTube channel? Where I create videos based around beauty and fashion? Let me know in the comments if you would be interested at all. I might just go ahead and do them anyway. Just need to get a good quality camera first, maybe I'll get one for my birthday - the big two five (25). We shall see.

Canada Vlog Part 6

If you haven't seen already, my Canada Vlog Part 6 went live yesterday. I think me and Joe have really let ourselves go in this one. I blame the lack of water in my system.



Anyway, aside from being a tad on the crazy side in this video, we had a lovely relaxing(ish) day in Banff.
First stop was at the Hot Springs, which is an outdoor pool that is steaming hot. I forgot my swimwear so I rented one of the 1920's styled swimsuits, man I looked cool. And, thankfully no pictures were taken. After bathing our skin, we then went out for lunch at this cute little coffee bar called Evelyn's, they were playing Dallas Green in the background. My kind of heaven.

After lunch we drove to Lake Minniewanka, wandered around for a little bit, and then we went on a boat tour! On the way back, we spotted some wildlife which was lovely.

And that's that! Hope you enjoyed part 6, sorry for being a little crazy, but that's just who I am.

Canada Vlog Part 5

Exciting news, Canada Vlog Part 5 went up yesterday evening! I really didn't think I was going to get the chance to edit and upload it for it to go up on Sunday but I pulled through and managed to get it done!

The reason why I didn't think I had enough time to edit it, was due to life being incredibly busy at the moment, with work - Monday to Friday, and then a full on day out in London on the Saturday. Which I did vlog - my first UK vlog, hooray. It will all be revealed later on in the month... But anyway, back to my Canadian vlog.

In this part, we continued our road trip - Kelowna to Banff, a painful six hour drive and a lot of junk food consumed along the way.

We arrived in Banff, and stayed at a lovely hotel called The Banff Boutique Inn - a cutesy wooden apartment. We were fortunate enough to be right in the centre of Banff, surrounded by many interesting restaurants, candy stores and gift shops.

The following day we drove an hour to check out the near by lakes: Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. This was mine and Joe's favourite day of the whole trip. Everything was so tranquil, beautiful and the views were breathtaking.

Any who, I need to get on with the daily house chores and what not. Life kind of sucks when you're an adult and have responsibilities. But, I hope you enjoyed part 5 guys!
The next one may be up on Wednesday depending if I get enough time. If it's not up on Wednesday, it will definitely be up on Sunday.

Canada Vlog Part 4

If you haven't seen already, I uploaded part four of my Canada Vlog series on YouTube last week. 

Joe had officially finished his work trip (SIGGRAPH), which meant we had to move hotels. We stayed at The Best Western in North Vancouver. Whilst staying in this area we went to Grouse Mountain and did mountain zip-lining! It was so foggy that we could barely see anything, but what an experience it was!

The following morning, we begun our road trip! Vancouver to Kelowna, which was a four and a half hour drive. To us, this was an obscene amount of driving compared to what we normally do in the UK. But we did it and it wasn't as scary as we thought!

We arrived safe and sound in Kelowna and stayed at this beautiful bed and breakfast called Yellow Rose. Lynda and Paul our hosts were fab, they made us feel very welcome and they made us a gorgeous two-course breakfast the following morning.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed part 4 of my Candian Vlog series. I'm really enjoying the editing process and sharing what I got up with my friends, family and the internet world.

Oh, and just to let you guys know that Part 5 has just gone up today and I will blog about it tomorrow evening when I get home from work. Until then, bye guys.

Canada Snaps Week 2

Before I begin editing part five of my vlog series, I wanted to share these snaps with you guys.

I took these during mine and Joe's second week in Canada, where we travelled from Vancouver to Banff by car. It was a super long drive (about 11 hours), so we ended up stopping overnight at this beautiful B&B in Kelowna. It was one of my favourite places we stayed at, it was homely, the room was stunning and Lynda, the lovely lady who ran it made us this gorgeous two-course breakfast in the morning.

After we devoured our blueberry pancakes, sausages and raspberry yogurts, we continued our travels to Banff.

Six hours later, we made it!
Banff was out of this world, it was honestly so beautiful. We were surrounded by lakes, wildlife and endless rows of mountains. All of it was utterly breathtaking.

Lake Louise had to be my favourite part of the whole trip. The lake's colour was a turquoise blue, something that you would see in films! We did a hike up to the top of the mountain to eat scones and drink tea, and we got to check out the awesome views.

Anyway, hope you have been enjoying my vlogs and my photographs of the land of Canada. If you've got any questions, feel free to ask away below.

Canada Vlog Part 3

The other day I uploaded part three of my Canada Vlog series. This has to be one of my favourites so far. I really enjoyed editing it and I just remember having a really fun jam-packed day.

To start off the vlog, I had a lovely little breakfast with Joe at Belcafe - the mocha I had was incredible, possibly one of the best mocha's I've had, it was so creamy, nutty and all kinds of deliciousness. To go alongside my heavenly drink, I had a sweet pastry, which was also very nice.

Afterwards, I headed to the Vancouver Art Gallery to check out Douglas Coupland's exhibition. It was full of colour and different to what I was expecting - in a good way though.  Coupland has a very interesting take on the early 21st Century and I very much enjoyed his 'Slogans for the Early Twenty-First Century'. It made me chuckle knowing that everything he stated was so true, yet we are blinded by it all because we are addicted to the internet.

After the exhibition, I took the sea bus and headed to North Vancouver. I got the opportunity to venture round Lynn Canyon Park, walk across the suspension bridge and experience my first 'hike'. To be honest, it was really refreshing to see some greenery and actually feel like I'm in Canada, rather then being in a city!

After trekking around for a few hours, I decided to head back as I had a bunch of other things I needed to get before Joe was due to get back from his conference.
When Joe returned, he showed off his snazzy walking tea-pot, which was actually designed by Pixar's RENDERMAN! So friggin' cool.

Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed part three. And stay tuned for part four, which should be up tomorrow!

Canada Vlog Part 2

Yesterday I uploaded part two of my Canada Vlog series. This one is a little short compared to the rest, however it does include some scrumptious clips of food.

I started off the day by going to Breka Bakery & Cafe, it had really good reviews on TripAdvisor so I wanted to check it out, and I'm so glad I did! The food was delicious - I had a croissant with ham and egg, and a gherkin on the side! And a cheeky cuppa to go alongside.

I then did quite a lot of damage on my credit card in Sephora, whoops.

I was getting a little bit peckish again, so I headed off towards Gastown to eat in a quirky little cafe called Finch's tea and coffee house. I ate a pear, blue brie, prosciutto and roasted walnut baguette - oh my, words cannot describe how good that was! After my yummy lunch I headed back to the hotel to chill and wait for Joe to return from his conference.

When Joe returned, we decided that we were craving pizza, and so, we found a place called Pizzeria Farina, a tiny little restaurant hidden away in Chinatown. Honestly, one of the best pizza's I've ever had in my life! On par with the pizza I shared with Joe in New York last year.

Any who, the vlog ended very abruptly after suffering with a food baby and sleepiness!

I do apologise for not vlogging the entire day, but I am new at this whole thing, so hope you can forgive me.

Anyway, hope you guys are enjoying my Canada Vlog series, and be sure to stay tuned for part 3 which should be up on Sunday, around 11am.

I’m officially a YouTuber

I’ve been meaning to start a YouTube channel for a while now… Months, possibly even a year has flown by since I said to myself that I wanted to create vlogs. But today is the day!!!

As some of you may know, I travelled to Canada for two weeks and I filmed bits and pieces through-out my trip, so I could create a series of vlogs to put up on YouTube. 

And so, the other day I taught myself how to video edit for the very first time. I never knew video editing could be so much fun! I really enjoyed editing part 1, and now I’m so eager and really excited to play around with part 2!

Anyway, I wanted to create this channel as a memory bank, to document and remind myself of all the good times I’ve had. Not only this, but I want to get better at presenting (as it’s something I’ve never been good at), talking to people, feeling confident in front of the camera and feeling confident in myself. 

And, If I have anything exciting going on in my life, I may whack out the camera and do a weekly vlog, or I might take part in vlogmas this year… who knows! I just know I’m going to have a lot of fun with it!