thesethingsicapture

MY WONDER OF THE WORLD Our trip to Canada involved one day visiting Niagara Falls! When I found out I was coming to New York for my study abroad year, I realised it was only a 4-5 hour drive from Niagara Falls, and so I told myself I really had to go. We tried and planned a trip to go last semester, but for one reason or another it never happened- and I'm actually quite glad it didn't because we were planning to go to the American side, and I'm so glad we went to the Canadian!! We planned this trip when we got back in January and it gave me something to look forward to, and it was an amazing day. Now, I was 100% convinced Niagara Falls was one of the 7 Wonders of the World, and after an intensive google, I've had to accept it isn't - I got very excited when I thought I had finally been to one of the seven. However, I think it definitely should be on that list (have you seen it by the way? It's actually a very random list in my opini

A WEEKEND IN CANADA   2 weeks ago I spent the most amazing weekend in Canada. Living so close to Canada (5 hours is very close in the US) meant that I just had to visit at some point during my year abroad, and I'm so glad we did. The people were just lovely, the laid-back and chilled atmosphere was so refreshing and Toronto was just absolutely beautiful. Walking around Toronto made me feel so at home, it reminded me so much of England!  We went for 3 full days and spent 2 of them in Toronto, Ontario.   I honestly had the most amazing weekend ever, and can't stop thinking about it, and so of course I had to document it on here to look back on it in the future. Enjoy! 

A GIRLS WEEKEND IN NYC Since September, some of my very best friend from home have been travelling all over the world, and their last stop was New York City. As I moved to New York in August, I hadn't seen them in 6 months, so of course I just had to get the bus to the city for the weekend and see them! This was my 5th time in the city, and although I'm definitely no expert, I put my tour guide skills to the test and spent 2 days showing them some of my favourite parts of the city - proud to say we didn't get lost (I don' think) at all! The girls had an extra 4 days after I left them, and so we did all the really small - but must-sees - whilst I was with them, and then they did the super duper stuff - such as Top of the Rock, 9/11, Statue of Liberty - later in the week.

SEMESTER TWO BEGINS This is my seventh week back in New York now, and lets just say its absolutely flown by. I don't know where the past seven weeks have gone - January did seem like it lasted forever, but February has absolutely flown by.