Finally!
Here's my Best of!
The last ticket.
I end my blog at the same time as the end of my European adventure.
Two weeks trying to get back to reality, to re-enter the Quebec system, to get me an apartment, find a job, see family, see friends , share my journey, have an appointment with the dentist and the doctor, buy a cell to live everywhere in my parents, my friends. Again and again in my suitcases. Trying to regain control of my life. Sleep. Resume the regular rhythm of life.
I wanted to write this post much earlier. This is not the time that I missed. But rather the fact that my head and my heart was not ready for that. I was not ready to immerse myself in my journey. Part of me stayed there.
Now, I write on this blog. For one last time. In the room of my friend Audrey. Celine Dion plays on radio (thank you Audrey for me to undergo it: P). She made her boxes. She took the plunge: moving in with her boyfriend. It reminds me of me. A year ago I was doing exactly the same thing she did. Boxes. Jeter, give, sell, recycle and store. Store my things around with my friends. The only difference is that I went on an adventure. A year later, I find it completely crazy to have my business to scatter as many different places.
I left August 17, 2009 for a trip through Europe. A working holiday visa for one year. A backpack. Pennies in pocket. A route more or less determined. And many will. I finally realized a dream. My friend Audrey was with me for the first 3 weeks.
The two small Montrealers, ready for Europe.
Montreal, 1st Avenue / Masson
August 17, 2009
the plane for destination: Paris!
Paris, Biarritz, Barcelona, Tossa de Mar, Montpellier, Cassis, Toulon
were the cities we loved, lived, celebrated, appreciated ....
Our first look at the Eiffel Tower.
Without knowing that Paris would be my future city
where I was going to live and work a few months later ....
Biarritz, my favorite of France
for its beaches but also for its surfers!
memorable stay in Toulon at my cousin Manuela and her husband Lawrence.
I lived harvest.
Fair reunion and good bouffes
Après deux semaines de vendange, j'ai quitté Toulon pour rendre à Albertville dans les Alpes. Mon amie Anick, qui habite là, m'attendait.
Petits voyages à Annecy et Grenoble
Je mange à Annecy...
Après deux semaines passées dans les Alpes, the taste of the city was felt and I left Paris. For one weekend only. The time to do another route. I was staying with a friend of a friend I did not know. Coup de coeur in Paris. I discovered a great city and I met some particularly incredible. My weekend in Paris will ultimately lasted six months. I did not want to leave. I found a job at a bead store and an apartment with a roommate super nice.
front of the triumphal arch
Terrasse parisienne enneignée
J'ai fêté Noël à Strasbourg, la capitale de Noël, avec mon amie Kim.
J'ai traversé à pied la frontière France- Allemagne.
Des amis de Montréal came to play at the theater at Arras. We took the opportunity to go to Belgium the time to enjoy good beer and chocolate. A memorable weekend.
family Gendron-Martin meeting in Paris!
An unforgettable stay.
We are given an appointment for another trip to Italy?
After six months working visit, celebrate and live in Paris, from the need arises! I got a contract of animation in a hotel in Crete! On 5 April, I packed my bags and I left on this island without really knowing what to expect. I was going to finish my trip there.
The hotel pool, my workplace paradise.
Show The tribulations of Mr. Bean .
I play the role of a doll coming to life. This is me with the red wig.
Show Welcome show
Day off!
We rented a car and we start to visit the country!
With my wonderful colleague and friend Orel.
breathtaking landscape.
Ouffffff!
My visa expired August 17, 2010. I had to return before the end of the season.
Coming Home. The joy in the heart. Nostalgic at the same time. Pleased to meet all my relatives. Sad looking at the pictures of those I left.
A year unknown. Desire. Discoveries. Meetings. Dreams. Freedom.
That's what I wanted, that's what I dreamed. And I got it.
Among the 10,000 photos I took during my year, I watch everything I did and I find it unbelievable. It is completely crazy everything I lived as an experience.
It was a year of self-discovery, reflection, experience, meetings ... I return from this trip completely changed. Larger.
I just finished the craziest experience of my life. The best experience.
Now I'm ready to settle down. To get a job. Paint my apartment. Buy a toaster. Have a more stable life.
......
I'm still dreaming about my future trip. Many projects under construction in my head.
Aurélie-is-part-and-she-is-now-back
with the travel bug
and it will never leave.
I'll see you
in some time on a new blog
for my next trip.
