Hello Spring!

Spring is finally here in the city! The snow 's been gone for a few weeks and the trees are starting to bud. It's one of my favourite time of the year, walking around outside with a light breeze in the air. For the past few weeks, I've been trying different things so I just wanted to share them with you here.

PaintNite

So me and my friend bought a Groupon for Paintnite in 2014 and we never got around to using it. Well finally the Groupon was about to expire so we decided to try it out this weekend. It was my 1st time doing this and really, painting for the first time in about a decade. 

All ready with our blank canvas

It started off simple enough, paint the 1st half yellow and the second half  a teal colour. Easy peasy right?

Well it turns out that since we chose an abstract painting, the brushwork to make the swirls were really really hard! I spent most of my night trying to fix my mistakes and make it look more "abstract". Half way through the night, we realized that as two people with type-A personalities, we should really not be painting any abstract art.  Here's my finished product.

Tada!

I still really like how it turned out and I'm definitely going to find a spot to hang it in my apartment.

New Bike

I had been thinking of getting a new bike for ages and finally picked up one last month at the Toronto Bike show! I got my new bike from Gallant Bicycles, a Toronto shop that does costume paint jobs on bikes. I had originally wanted to get a city cruiser of some kind but after trying it out at the show, none of them really did anything for me. I've been riding my new ride around town for the last few weeks and I really love it! It's really practical, handles well and best of it, it's super cute!

The Next Adventure

So now that Spring is here, I'm itching to go travel to the next destination. The next trip will be an Eastern European city tour. I'm pretty excited about it since this will be my first time taking an overnight train. The trip is coming up soon, so I'm busy getting everything ready. Fun fact- none of these cities use the Euro! Look forward to my trip updates!

Did you have any special plans for Spring? Have a great week everyone!