Northern Paradise

For starters, I just want to apologize for the lack of posts over the last two weeks. I am working on switching over to Wordpress and giving my blog a face lift while doing so and there has been a bit of a delay on the switch over! 

Secondly, I had a friend visiting from Europe for two weeks so have been busy hosting her and showing her around Toronto and the vicinity! One of her main requests during her visit was being able to go to Muskoka. At one point during dinner a few days before taking off I caught her on her Instagram smiling and I asked her what she was doing. "Oh nothing " she replied with a smirk. After taking a further look at her phone, I saw that she had hashtagged "Muskoka" and was looking at all the photos that had come up. Excited was an understatement!   Although we got rained on, it was still a fun two days taking in the numerous fall colours, eating a delicious meal, playing old school board games, sipping on wine (a lot of it), taking the canoe out when the rain subsided and feeling peaceful after a few busy days in the city. 

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LA to San Fran

If I had to pick my favourite drive in the entire world, it would be this one. I didn't think it was possible to fall more in love with California but then we took a road trip from Los Angeles all the way to San Francisco stopping in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Big Sur, Carmel, and Santa Cruz. I fell head over heels in love and if anyone is dabbling with the idea of doing this drive- I could literally not recommend it enough!

Big Sur alone is a magical place that fills you with serenity and peace. It's no surprise that many artists escape here to get their creative juices flowing! Other favourite stops along the way included The Madonna Inn (weirdest and best place ever- I felt like I was trapped in a 60's horror film but in a good way), Julie Prrfeer bridge and the Santa Cruz boardwalk. 

Must.do.again.

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San Simeon, California

So after visiting the Hearst Castle, I immediately decided what I would be doing if I won the lottery. Jesus! The place is incredible.

I went for the first time when I did a road trip up the coast to San Francisco and went the second time with some friends visiting from Canada. We had an amazing time taking in the architecture and grounds but the best part of our entire time there was seeing random Zebras on the side of the road. The Hearst Castle used to have it's very own zoo and instead of selling the animals, Mr. Hearst just let them escape. To this day you can sometimes see some pretty unique creatures just roaming freely along the highway. Naturally after spotting a zebra, we got out of the car, climbed a barb wire fence and tried to chase them down.

So fun!

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