Hey guys, Traveling solo is not a easy thing to do, especially if it's your first time traveling alone and naturally it can get pretty stressful. I've traveled solo a few times: while studying abroad, I took a solo weekend trip to Barcelona, I've been to NYC twice now and I also traveled all the way to Australia alone. Sometimes I had people I met up with and sometimes I didn't and spent a few days alone. When I say to my friends I'm going somewhere alone, I get a lot of "woa

Hey guys, I'm feeling especially peppy today because, well... it's my birthday! In the spirit of me turning 23, I wanted to put together a list of 23 things that have happened this year! Don't worry they are mostly one liners so you can definitely get through them all :) So here are, in no particular order, my 23 things that happened this part year!! ONE My blog turned one!! SØS was born in January 2016. I can't believe how fast time goes! Working on the blog makes be feel

Hey guys, It's time for a little #realtalk. I recently took a day trip out to some lavender fields and was completely taken aback by how beautiful it was. This was something I had wanted to do for a long time, but sometimes, well you know, "life gets in the way" and we "just don't have time". And I get it, it can sometimes feel impossible to schedule a full day for something. There's work, school, personal projects, appointments, family time and so on. But it was so great to

Namaste, It's finally here... MY INDIA PHOTO DIARY!! I can't wait for you guys to see all my travel pics, I really love the series I have selected below and I hold them all dear to my heart, especially the shots of the people. We visited a slum in Mumbai, "the heart of Mumbai" and I got to meet so many beautiful people who touched my heart. We spent a few days in New Delhi, took a day trip to Jaipur, then moved on to Agra (where the Taj Mahal is located) and finally made our

Hey guys, I just want to start off by saying: THANK YOU! I've been getting so much positive feedback from you guys and it just warms my heart! So thank you :) Today, I wanna show you my desk. The place where all this magic happens ;) I will go into detail below about what exactly is on my desk on a typical day. The Desk My desk in mainly decorated with everything and anything that inspires me or means something to me. There are a lot of souvenirs from my travels and pictures.

Hey Upper East Siders, You can take the girl out of NY but you can't take NY out of the girl ;) I'm back from New York City, and, as promised, I've got a post about it for you! I spent four days in the city. Although this was my fourth time visiting the big apple, I always find something to do. Our hotel, The Gallivant, was right by Times Square, awesome location in the city! On Sunday night, Alicia Keys announced a surprise concert and I took some time out of my study sessio

Hey guys, This week as part of the Eurotrip series, I bring you to Copenhagen, Denmark! I really liked Copenhagen. We met two guys from England and hung with them for a while, ate ice cream by the famous Nyhavn and visited Christiania. Christiania is a special place inside, but not a part of, Copenhagen in which marijuana is legal and grows everywhere. It is truly a unique place. It features in Lukas Graham's music video for the song '7 Years' (which I LOVE, don't you?) In Co

Hey guys, As mentioned in last week's post, today's article is all about food. I mean it was bound to happen sooner or later, right? From my overly abundant mentions of food in, well, every post, I think I've prepared you well enough for what you are about to see ;) Now I've been told that I post a lot of food on my snapchat stories (@sarou013), and some friends tell me "I wanna hang out with you all the time just to eat the food you eat", which is a pretty fair statement so

Hey guys, I'm back to reality now but right now my mind is stuck in Rome. I don't even know where to start because there is so much to say.. Rome is my favourite city in Europe. I love the food, the people and the places. This was my second time visiting and I loved every part of it. My favourite place in Rome is the Trevi Fountain, in which I got to throw another coin in (which means that I will be back Rome!) For this trip, we met up with the two crazy kids from Nice, Alyss

Hey guys, I know I'm waaaaay behind on articles and destinations, but I'm not giving up! After the beautiful city of Nice, we moved on to Italy, one of my favourite countries! I have joined both Naples and the Amalfi Coast together because I only spent an afternoon in Naples and therefore, there isn't enough content to make up its own article. When one goes to Naples, they visit Pompeii and the Vesuvius, among other attractions. However, I visited both those places when I vis

Hey guys, Internet access in Europe isn't on my side. Connections are really bad and I've barely had time to upload my pictures from my camera to my laptop from recent cities. So, without further ado, the next article in the Eurotrip series is here! Nice was a very nice, beachy, sunny city! I really enjoyed it. We met two fellow Montrealers, Alyssa and Brandon and followed them to Monte Carlo/Monaco. We tried to get into the Casino and got kicked out when they saw our gorgeou

Hey guys!! It's finally time! The EUROTRIP series begins, and today I bring you to Porto, our first destination. Our EUROTRIP is a 33 day trip across Europe, just the two of us, my cousin and I. So it all began in Porto. This was my second visit to Portugal, haven visited Lisbon a few weeks earlier, but it was my cousin's first time in Portugal. We spent a short, but sweet, two day stay in the city and even made a new friend, Ole. We took a tour, ate some traditional dishes,

Hey guys, I know this one comes a little bit late, but here it finally is: my article about the Canary Islands! What makes this trip "special"? Well this was the last trip with the other international students before I left Madrid once and for all. We spent a few days in Lanzarote and a few days in Gran Canaria. Lanzarote was 'heeps' of fun (as the Aussies would say). We rented an apartment through Airbnb and on the last day, the girls and I rented a car and drove around the

NEXT MONTH Last Friday was my last day of school in Madrid and although it makes me (really, really) sad to leave, I've got something almost as good coming up ;) For the next month, I will be travelling across Europe with my cousin Andrew. We will be going all over the place and can't wait to share it all with all of you. Watch out Europe, cause we're coming for ya! As usual, even though the article come out a week later, you can follow me on Instagram or Snapchat to see more

Hey guys, It's been a while, but I'm finally back and I've got lots to share! For the past two weeks, I've been studying hard for finals and therefore thought it best to focus more time on my studies and take a short break from the articles for a little bit and for that, I'm sorry. I promise that from now on there will be articles every week :) BUT, that means I'm finally done school. More time to travel ;) A (short) while ago, I got to visit Morocco for the first time. For t

A few weeks ago I had the chance to visit some close family friends in their beautiful home. They visit Canada every two years approximately and always come visit us for a day or two. I call them my German *fam* (family) because I've known them my whole life and they are like family to me. Therefore, I took the opportunity of studying in Europe to visit them at a lower cost and finally go to them rather than the other way around. I stayed in their home and got to visit the s

Hey guys! I just came back from my spring break in Eastern Europe. I was in Warsaw, Krakow, Prague and Vienna. I am editing the pics this week and OMG. Needless to say that I haven't had time to upload them yet! In the meantime, I am sharing with you some pics from an activity I did two weeks ago: HORSEBACK RIDING! I love horses and was super excited to go with my friend from Montreal, Étienne. He took many of the pics below (I mean who do you think takes the pics of me?!), s