Lake Bled & Slovenian Caves

Lake Bled is one of the most beautiful places i've seen in Slovenia...not that we've been too far...BUT this place was absolutely breathtaking!!! Jame & I decided to take a day trip to this wonderful place we had googled before we even came to Slovenia. We took a small row boat and away we went...I mean...I mayyy have had my very own personal rower for the day...what girl wouldn't want that???

Jamie & I also creeped around this amazing cave with my new Slove bestie Kyla Jean and her boyfriend, Scott. We were warned to wear coats and warm clothes seeing as the caves temperature is 10 degrees. I think the cave was 3.5km long...2 of those km were by train and the other 1.5 we walked. We had an english tour guide who did NOT want you to take pictures...but being the child I am..I snuck a few under my armpit....Jamie was clearly embarrassed but come on... you only creep in a cave a few times in ur life.... Here's a few pictures of our Slovenian cave adventures

I wouldnt be mad if Slovenia was on your bucket list!!!!

Venice!!!

When we found out the team had the weekend off, we quickly tried to plan a two day trip. Having the weekend off just doesn't happen in the hockey world. I tried to be SO organized and research all there was to know about Venice before our trip. Why Venice? Well its only a 2 hour drive and its Venice! I probably looked at every review and hotel in the city to show Jamie I can plan QUITE a trip!! Well....for one night in Venice last minute...you are looking at 600 euros ( cheapest) a night for a hotel in the city... So how does this work when Jamie and I have planned a budget every month?! OHHH and I also had planned to go on a motor boat tour of three islands but CLEARLY totallyyy forgot to book it and when I went to book it two days before...wait for itttt....it was sold out....I mean...really?????? So our cute little getaway was beginning to annoy me because I told Jamie to let me take care of all of it....And I mean...clearly I was doing a great job!

Soo....what's the easiest thing to do? Wing it!
Cause that always works amazing...thank God for my patient husband...you can't really park in Venice because its an island and the parking line up was insane.... Soo...small Uturn on the bridge to park in the city before Venice.  But wait...clearlyyy the parking guy wouldn't speak a lick of english and waves Jamie and I to leave his parking lot...OKAYYY....adios to you too!!

We finally find a parking garage. Trying to find a bus ticket....woooff...another story in its own. Here I am kind of judging Italians because I am not feeling the love from them...I mean, I did not want to judge Marcello's ancestors so I decided to give them a chance and i'm glad I did...clearly changed my mind once we got to Venice!!!! We got a bus and water taxi day pass and then started our adventures.

When we finally got on the bus we were excited to explore and be our own people. We took a water taxi to Marco Polo and literally just walked around and drank wine and beer all day.  I can't even explain how beautiful it is because there aren't any words. The streets were tiny and it was so packed. After dinner we set up shop at a restaurant and just soaked it all in w few drinks and some gelato. I realized I really didn't need to plan anything. Being in Venice and with the most amazing strawberry blonde man really didn't need to be planned...it was a perfect day!!!!

Who needs a planner??? Now... we are off to Barcelona in two weeks and I've got our trip planned down to what we are eating....i'm going to show Jamie I ain't no dud!!!   Here's some pictures from our romantic little unplanned getaway....

Thank you, Venice!!!

My First Trip To Austria

My first big girl trip all by myself in Europe!!! I have to admit my paranoia/ anxiety ( i've just diagnosed myself with this disorder even though Jamie shakes his head when I tell him I have it) kicked in in high mode on my first train ride.

I get to the train station 30 minutes earlier with Jamie in my arm telling me not to talk to stranger and not to make too many friends on the train...He leaves for practice and i'm in a small panic starting to question if i'm in the right gate... I meet this Chilean lady who's english is medium and we become friends instantly. The only small problem to all this is that she has paranoia and anxiety as well. So there we are two stress balls wondering if this train will take us to Salzburg. CLEARLY i'd make friends with a lady who never takes a train and questions herself.  The train arrives and we both put our shoulders up and say "alright well we can always get off if it takes us somewhere else".... 

Okayyyyyyy.... so it WAS the right train. BUT in the middle of the trip we have to switch to another train... The sweat starts kicking in as the Chile and I look at each other thinking ohhhh man... so we follow traffic and hope for the best.... We got on the other train and made 2 other friends... a dear soul of a German who kept wanting us to try his pastries and an American who left his wife to travel the world when she took half of his money. It's so interesting the people you meet on these things....I have absolutely NOTHING to bring to the table when they ask about me....the only thing they care about is my husband plays hockey for a living and my little sister Carolyne plays for team Canada...okayyyy...not annoying

FINALLY I get to Salzburg and the Chilean lady and I say our goodbyes...always a tough one...Everything is going great, i'm SOO excited for dinner with the girls BUT there's a small problem...I turned my phone off and when I went to open it up, I didn't know the flippin pin number to unlock it!! I panic thinking how is Katy ever going to find me...all I hear is German from the intercom....What would we do without technology?? I see an internet cafe and set up shop trying to get a hold of Jamie knowing he had pregame nap...I found Katy's number in a private message and Jamie finally gets on skype...We are back in business!!!!

So I didn't spend my WHOLE time on a train, meeting new friends and losing pin numbers....BUT the moral to all that gibberish is that YOU WILL GET THERE dont sweat the small stuff!! So the purpose to my trip was to visit some dear souls in Salzburg that I met in Houston & CT and spend the weekend with my Katy ball in Linz.  At this time, I was the only wife/gf in Slove so seeing girls was SO delightful...even though i've got my BEST girlfriend back at home ( you really are Jamie ) Katy and I checked in to the hotel and went around sightseeing drinking processo and cappuccinos and met up with Kori!!! We met up with all the ladies for an amazing steak dinner. I hadn't seen Tracy since Jamie played in Connecticut and serenaded me with his Prev Fallin...So we were so excited to rekindle over some wine and goss about our times in CT....I also met a new bff, Bianca...I mean..there's something about french people.. I can't even explain it but its the arms flying, boob grabbing, loud talking... amazingness. Long story short...Amazing dinner and amazing company. 

Can't wait to go back and do it again ladies!!! Katy and I decided to go out to a bar after dinner and we got Salzburged. Long story short...Katy was preggo the year Jamie and I were in Houston. She was our mc with Andrea for our wedding and although she dabbled quite a bit...I finally got to meet tequila Katy this weekend. We creeped around downtown and bar hoped until we found a hidden gem of a kareoke bar. I'm not lying...i've never seen a group of guys ( Austrians) sooooo excited to sing highway to hell...Katy and I sang " I want to dance with somebody" by whit.... and if the place had fireworks, it would have been blown up. 

The group of girls I met in Linz made me a tad bit jealous. The girls were amazing and I mayyy have even stayed up with Avery ( who I called Aubrey the whole trip thinking that was her name) until 3am while tequila katy took a small cat nap on the couch. I'm asking for a trade but taking Kyla Jean with me.

Thank you Austria.