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. 

Slovenia!!!!

I can't believe I am finally here with Jamie!!! I will admit though...It was NOT an easy task having to pack my entire life ( sorry Nik Smith...this is my 2nd actual year doing this..we can't all be pro's like you) into a limited amount of suitcases. I asked my friend Katy what they do and she had told me we were allowed 3 bags each but i'd have to pay a small fee ( well the team...) WELL...here I was at the airport with a hugee hockey bag, 2 big overweight suitcases and a small carry on...everything is peachy... a little akward but thanks to Christy & Cindy the dear souls that brought me to the airport, we managed to make me look a little less akward...

I get up to the counter and the lady looked at my bags and says "oh no...you are only allowed 2 bags ( well I have 4!!!!!) the third one will be 225$"...so i'm in a small panic trying to figure out what the flip I am going to do!!! The lineup behind me is huge and people are offering to help ( sweater came off and away I went trying to put everything into the hockey bag....finally after lots of sweat and on the verge of tears, I did it ( don't you wish you were a fly on the wall for that one..)

After a long flight to Germany & to Italy, I am finally here and loving every second of it!!!! My jet leg has been medium...I was fine the first night but the second I was up until 5am drinking my 1.95 bottle of wine. We live 5 minutes from downtown and the walk there is beautiful!!!! I thought Jamie was lying when he said some of the guys said this was the best city to go to in the Austrian league...I found out he definitely wasn't!! I am starting to think that the people here just don't work. Everyone is so young and willing to drink all day. There is soo much to do downtown you are almost overwhelmed by everything going on around you.  I THINK I can even get away with cooking this year ( I know Andrea...I shouldn't let my skills go to waste) BUT going out for dinner and drinks is so cheap!! We usually spend about 40-50 dollars going out for dinner in Canada where as here, for both of us to eat and drink, it comes to about 18 to 19 euros...It's cheaper to drink wine and beer then it is to drink pop..so as my friend Nik says, clearly not going to waste my money on pop...coffee and wine is a part of living here and they almost judge you if you don't...clearly I NEED to fit it.....AND they don't tip here...If you do, which we still will, they think you either want them or they almost feel like they can't accept it. For those of you planning on coming during the winter time, thats apparently the time to come because downtown is crazy and they serve hot wine, hot chocolate and cider by the water.  CHRISTMAS MARKETSSS

I ventured off like a big girl by myself today while Jamie was in croatia getting his visa. I must admit in Houston it took me a couple of days to get the courage. There are just so many people around that I almost feel like I can't get scared here. I went to this cafe place right down the street from me and the guy gave me a huge hug when he found out I was Canadian. I think he felt bad for me so he gave me english magazines to read and begged me to stay to have coffee and wine. He came out with slovenian cookies and told me they were on the house...I mean... clearly I have a new 80yr old crush.

Everyone here speaks english except the lady that was ringing our groceries at the grocery store. She looked at us like we had four heads ( i'm sorrrrry I didn't know we had to weigh the bananas and put them in a bag)... AND they play re runs of the jersey shore....I love Slovenia!!!!

I only took pictures the one night we went out but here are a couple from our first night downtown :)

Our Big Day

The night before the wedding, my wonderful american friends came down early to hang w Nielder, Shay & I before the big day. We had a delightful slumber party at the hotel and watched the fireworks...which...probably wasnt the best idea seeing as all I wanted to do was go out and show them how AMAZING Sarnia is...Jamie & I had given Sarnia such rave reviews during the year that I clearly couldnt dissapoint them...Nielder did her duties and told me we had curfew...she is so wise that woman! It was SO amazing to have some of my favourite human beings all reunited in one room. Shay got to work on my nails as Katy continuously told me I was getting married the next day ( didnt make me nervous AT ALL)...The only bad apart about all of it was I was soo excited that everyone was there that I didnt sleep a wink and my eyes had a mind of their own the next morning.... my mini eye was out in FULL force!!

If only I could relive this night.....

Katy is smiling with her eyes...


July 2nd....the hottest day in the history of Sarnia/ of all time. Thank God for my prediction that Jamie was going to pass out from the heat...switching the whole wedding to indoors one month before the wedding was the best thing I could have done!! All the girls met at the Hair Professionals in the morning for some breakfast, hair & makeup....Papa Prev even made a guest appearance...

It didnt really hit me that I was getting married until I made a small cheers with the girls before we were heading out...I got choked up and couldnt finish my friendship cheers ( I mean...I dont think thats ever happened before...) I looked at my moh Nielder and I knewwww she could feel how nervous I was... the thought of being infront of all those people and trying to keep it together terrified me...Thank God for papa prev that dear soul thats had to deal w 6 ladies in the house... he managed to make me laugh walking down the aisle telling me how excited he was to give me away ( 1 down, 4 to go)...The ceremony was beautiful. We had two wedding singers ( Kalie & Johanne) who took my breath away when they sang marry me by train as we made our way down the aisle...When asked by our officiant if we wanted to know the secrets of how marriage works...Jamie answered that he`d prefer the cliff notes....clearlllyyy he knows ALL the secrets already...and then we became... Husband & Wife.

Apparently peoples cameras werent big enough to capture my entire wedding party.. Lyns & Jen are hiding somewhere to the left....

Once the ceremony was done, we headed into our 28 passenger limo bus. We were soooo excited to be our own people and drink in this beautiful limo we ordered...Ohhh but wouldnt it be soo nice if life was easy and everything went as smoothe as we planned? Well... our flippin limo was a SAUNA. They failed to tell us they had a small leak in the air conditionning ( clearly would happen on a 110 degree day) SOOO my dress is sticking to me, my nephew is experiencing a small heat stroke...everyone is heading in a coma....SOOO... clearly our pictures had to be short lived...and what bettttttter way to spend my wedding day then in a flippin ARENA!!! If anyone had asked me the last place id want to be on my wedding day, it would be an arena ( dont get me wrong I love hockey and all... but summer means no hockey/ no arena...period!) BUT I embrassed that arena and almost took a swan dive as soon as I seen the ice...I was determined. NO BRIDEZILLA.

I wish we could go back to our reception over and over. By far the best night of my life! You couldnt have peeled me off the dance floor if you wanted to.. I was glued to it!! Our photographer ( Brooke Leitch...one of my new best buds) set up a photobooth which ended up being such a hit... between that and the dance floor I was the definition of "being ur own person" so much so that I had a personal drink gettter ( Nielder... ur double rye and diets were delightful!!)...Our dance party lasted the entire night and we almost got our dj in trouble for wanting an encore when the lights came on... thank you Nellie, you were amazinggg!!!! I mean.. I mayy or may not have broken my dress dancing/ skippin on an imaginary skipping rope trying to out-do Jamie...Our MC`s Katy & Andrea did an incredible job...nobody would have known they both threw up before they got up there..thats true love ladies..I cant say enough about how unbelieveable our wedding party was...Im not going to go into detail about each of you ( Ive already described my love for each of you on a previous blog)...you were all amazing!!! As for my maid of honour... Nielder... you have a way with words... touched my heart. And....Dave, you are right... I take my career as a teacher so seriously that I DID marry a guy with a learning disability (ps... you blew any best man speech out of the water with that comment)... I mean... you can`t help who you fall in love with, right? ...Im forever grateful for everyone that made our night so so so amazing!!!! Marrying my best friend and sharing our special day with our favourite human beings ( minus a few that couldnt be there)  was the perfect fairy tale ending as a PREVOST... I cant wait to wear my new nickname as FRAZ better than Jame.
Heres a few of my favourite stolen pictures and a few sneak peak pictures from our photographer :)

My tripping incident....

 Little sisters

Papa prev dancing with his girls

MOH

My 4 sisters and I

The in-laws :)

Thank you!!!!!