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Hello everyone!

I just realized it's almost September. I can't believe that. Where did August go? It doesn't make any sense to me at all. However, the summer isn't over yet. Today's temperature is probably around 25-30 C and it's suppose to be like that for the next upcoming week. Sweet!

So what's happening here in Toronto? I have signed up for a gym - FINALLY! Came across a gym that's really close to where I live and it was suuuper cheap - $65 for THREE months. Wasn't a fancy place, just the basics - but that's kind of all I need. Free weights, some machines, treadmills and some space for stretching. Went there the first time yesterday morning and it felt great. It was the first time I did squats in a loooong time and holy smokes - my legs are killing me today. That's a wonderful feeling.

What else? Went to a concert a few days ago with Matt. It was a gypsy punk band from the U.S called Gogol Bordello. They were a bit crazy and had soo much energy on the stage, which made them a lot of fun to see. In the end of the concert a few gay guys beside us in the crowd starts dancing like crazy, flirting with Matt and throwing sparkles on him. So when I look at him he is completely covered in sparkles. It was a very funny sight, to say the least. Poor Matt. I'll leave it to that.

Yesterday I got a call from Frida at the store - what a surprise! She was at the airport in Halifax waiting for the flight to Sweden. Was great to hear her voice and to talk about the last week. She had had a wonderful time out east with Annaliis, exploring the nature. Can't wait to see photos from over there! She landed safely in Sweden and I just got a message from her saying "trying to understand why it's so different and weird walking along the streets - then I realize I'm in Sweden". So similar, but yet so different. I mean the pavement is black in Sweden, isn't it, Frida? Haha. 

This Friday, Kasia and Lucas flies to The Galapagos Islands - crazy!! They'll be away for a few weeks and I hope they'll have a wonderful time. Meanwhile, I'll work some extra shifts at Velotique, which is good. Tonight I'm meeting up with Kasia downtown after work to have dinner and catch up before she leaves for her trip :)

Robert & Virginias impressive house in Stirling. Every piece of furniture had been carefully chosen and had it's particular spot in the house.

Hi

How's everyone?
The days pass so fast. Frida and I went to Montreal a week ago and now she's in Halifax (the east coast) travelling around for another week with our friend Annaliis. Then she flies back to Sweden for a while. I came back to Toronto two days ago. Feels good to be back and get into the daily routines again, but very sad to leave Frida. We have done almost everything together for about a year, so no wonder it feels strange to be apart.

The Montreal trip was great. We stayed at a lovely Bed & Breakfast the first 3 nights and explored the area during the days. Montreal has a lot more history than Toronto, which we could tell by the old buldings. It felt almost like being in an European country and it was great to hear people speak French. After the first 3 nights we had to change to another hostel. IT WAS AWFUL. Super dirty, the air was really bad, the toilets were disgusting.....it felt like the place was about to fall apart any second. We didn't wanna spend any time in the hostel more than sleeping so we packed our backpacks with our toothbrushes, clothes, water, food - everything we needed for the days and then we just came back late in the evenings - slept a few hours and went out in the morning.

Oh, forgot one thing. Before we went to Montreal we stopped by Stirling (which is a small town on the way to Montreal) to visit Robert and his wife Virginia - our first contacts in Canada. Frida's father knew Robert before we came to Canada from some Wordloppet ski races in Europe and that is how we came in contact with him. He was the one who made us come in contact with Bev & Saul in the store that I work at, which we're so thankful for. So we went by them before Montreal and stayed over one night in their beautiful and historical house (they are very much into antiques).

Next post I do will be full of pictures from the last week :)

Hi, 

We apologize for not giving the blog any attention at all through this last week.

My foot is much better so I tried to go for a run this morning and it felt ok, which is great. Haven't been able to work out a lot this last week because of my foot. Have done some strength training, but that's kind of it. Instead of working out, we have done a lot of other stuff. This weekend we went to a music festival in downtown Toronto called 'The Grove Festival" and got to see Phoenix, Hot Chip and Girl Talk live. It was great :) However, Icona Pop was supposed to play too (we were very excited to see them since they are Swedish) BUT they cancelled a few days before. Very unfortunate.  

This past Monday was a holiday so Frida and I went to Toronto Island with two friends, Tim and Johannes. We had a great day with picnic, tree climbing, a lot of walking and lots of photos were taken. I'll post some of the pictures in another post.

Yesterday morning I tried stand-up paddle boarding with a friend who has his own paddle board. It was a lot of fun! I was a bit concerned at first because of my foot, but it was no problem standing on the board. The hardest part was the balance, but it was actually a bit easier than I imagined it. Definitely something to do again!

Frida worked late yesterday evening so I had dinner with Matt. Made a modified version of "Flygande Jakob" - coconut milk instead of cream and cashew nuts instead of peanuts. Instead of rice we had boiled cauliflower and spinach. Completely dairy-free - wohoo. It turned out quite good :)

I'm not gonna say too much, but Frida and I are going to travel a bit the up-coming days and the whole next week. We'll tell more about it in another post, when thing's are settled.

Hope you're all good!

E