The F Word

 "Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive.  Both men and women should feel free to be strong... It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideals." (read Emma Watson's entire speech here or watch it on YouTube here).

Emma Watson took a stand for feminism on Saturday at the recent U.N. and for that I am so grateful.  I personally haven't researched much about the topic of feminism in comparison to some feminists but I have been following Watson on her journey as the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and I am so in awe of her and how much she has done (and will continue to do no doubt).  Watson is dedicated to a position which looks at empowering women around the world and bringing men, women and any other gender together to fight against gender inequalities.  She has inspired me to jot down why I became a feminist in the first place and why it is necessary to be a feminist in this world.  So here are all of the reasons why I became a feminist...

Friendship Always Lasts the Distance

This mid-week post is purely based upon the fact that it's Dan's 21st birthday back at home.  For those of you that don't know me so well, Dan is one of my best friend's.  She inspires sarcasm in me, whips out the most witty statements I've ever heard and most of all she is one complete opposite human being to myself.  This is the main reason our friendship has always lasted the distance.  Whether it was the time between our pitiful fights in grade 10 or whether it was the time between high school and finding our adult selves.  So, in order to wish her a joyful birthday I've put together a tiny video (I had to do this in the nick of time due to being so busy lately) that hopefully brings back some memories.

A Learning Experience

What a week!  Many museums were visited and once again too much food was consumed.  There was pizza and dinosaur bones, historical paintings and rotating mirrors and so much more.  The best part was the immense amount of learning that was done over the weekend.  I guess I'll just get straight into it...

Natural History Museum



Transport Taste Tester

Apologies in advance everyone as this week has been an extra lazy week.  Therefore, I whipped up a quick taste tester video of London's fine old transport.  I hope you can forgive my blurry and shaky camera work and good luck enduring the pain of the boring filming I did!  If you have the time please do give me suggestions as to what you would like to see next week and I'll do my best at trying to come up with some other cool things.  Also, make sure you get your vote in the poll sitting in the side bar!  Thanks again for reading/watching and I hope you have a fantastic week!

A Bit of History For You

St Alban's Cathedral



Apart from being rather excited about winning a free trip to Morocco this past weekend, I also did quite a bit of adventuring around a little place named St Albans.  This tiny little destination is packed full of history in every single street and corner.  One particular infamous piece of infrastructure is the St Albans Cathedral or, as the local people refer to it, The Abbey.