So it IS official

We will be coming BACK to Italy after the Christmas break!!! I know some of you think we've already moved to Abu Dhabi but I can assure you that we haven't. I'm currently looking out the window, not at sand and sea, but at a very thick dense fog that has settled on Basiglio and doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon!!
So all of my carefully arranged plans have changed, but that's ok, I like planning so I'm just making new ones(how very Zen of me)

I HeartFaces Photography Theme-Bust a Gut

This is for the laughter photography theme on IHeartFaces this week!!!!!

Yup we're still here!!!

We are still in Italy, but its not long now before we'll be out of this lovely country. I'm sad to leave it, but excited about the next phase of our adventure.
The plan was to go from Canada(where we're heading for Christmas) to Abu Dhabi but now we've had word that the plan might be changing, so we *might* go straight to Abu Dhabi, or Reese and I might stay in Canada for an extra month, or we might come back to Italy until we mobilize to the middle east.
I'm voting for option #1 but I'm not really sure anyone cares what I think!!!!!!

So we're still in a kind of limbo, not really knowing what the heck is going on, which SERIOUSLY offends my OCD tendencies.

Columbus Bar and Grill- my new favourite place!!!

So we had the BEST brunch EVER at this restaurant on Sunday. You arrive and there is a bouncer outside with the little earpiece in and all to make sure you understand that it is 22 Euros per adult for the buffet. Then we were ushered into the restaurant where EVERYONE said Buon Giorno as we passed and smiled. Its decorated like an old school diner in the states but much more funky and modern. The buffet was AMAZING. Seriously I didn't want to stop eating but my waistline reminded me that I did!!!!!
The coffee was good, they had real Canadian maple syrup to go on the pancakes, we were in heaven!
I would HIGHLY recommend this place for Sunday brunch in Milan, it opens at noon.
Via Milano 1/Bis
Peschiera Borromeo
Milan, Linate
Tel 02 55 30 52 11

www.ristorantcoumbus.it

Seriously you won't be disappointed!!!!!!!!!

PRAGUE.....FABULOUS PRAGUE!

So recently I went to Prague for a photography walk and stayed with two fabulous hosts and a lovely set of ladies from around Europe. It was great to meet up with people who are as passionate about photography as I am and who WANTED to talk about ISO and shutter speeds all weekend :)
These are a few shots from MY walk around Prague, I'll try to link some of the girl's blogs so you can see more!!!!


Romana Wylie: OUR FABULOUS HOSTESS!!!!
Our Little House In Prague
Rebecca Spencer
Prague


Walking into Old Town Square
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The Astronomical Clock in Prague, 3rd oldest in the world and the only one in the world that still works!!!!



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Russian dolls painted like NHL hockey players. I bought the Calgary Flames one(our hometeam) for my daughter and she LOVES it!!!! haha

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The view of Prague's riverside from Charles Bridge

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The fabulous food at Romana & Mark's house on Friday night!!! Best hosts EVER!

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The start of the "Official Walk"

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Some awesome graffiti near the start of our walk!!
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signs in Czech, hard language to pronounce!!! My French and Italian did not help me at all with this language!!!!!
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The lovely park we walked through in the Vyšehrad area
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Romana and Mark being adorable for us!
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I love the look on this little guy's face! And the older man  This was a street vendor selling strong bubble makers, they were so awesome!
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hundreds of people waiting for the "Parade of the Apostles" which happens in the astronomical clock every hour!!
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the wall of bottles in the cafe we stopped in. TO WARM UP!!!!
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I have a small obsession with alleyways, have taken pictures of them all in pretty much every city I've been in, so this is my alleyway picture from Prague 
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Prague Castle and Charles Bridge lit up at night
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Crazy picture with lots of motion blur from my perch up near a statue on Charles Bridge!!! It was CHAOS on the bridge.
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Trdelnik!!!!
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Rebecca 
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Charles Bridge at sunrise....ahhhhhhhh empty!!!!!!
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Looking up the river from the bridge
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Our ghost picture!!!!!
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The gate to the bridge at sunrise
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Rebecca- 
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Louise- It was COLD that early in the morning!!!!! Me(the stupid Canadian) forgot my gloves and my fingers were FROZEN!!!!
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Anna!!!!
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Ahhh our jumping pictures!!!!!! So the next three are the outtakes and then finally we got the actual shot where we're all in the air!!!!
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The view from Petrin Tower
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Anne having a laugh at something with Stephanie
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THE CRAZY LONG LEGS!!!!!
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Romana and Mark- AWWWWWWW
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My pad!!!! Its actually their media room but I'm so grateful to them for letting me stay in it!!!!!!
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The fabulous upper level of their house. I think I'd sit up here all day rain or shine!
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And the deck on the roof....its FABULOUS too!!!!!
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