the blushing cat

My poor mum and my poor body! I really suffered in Toronto and Montreal and my husband was the same in Vancouver. The food poisoning lasted pretty much the entire time I was with my mum.

Toronto

I arrived the night before my mum so I could go and pick her up from the airport. She always has a really panicked look on her face before she sees me which makes me laugh. We trotted about but could never be too far away from the hotel!

#NiagaraFalls
Something was looking out for me because my stomach wasn’t so bad that ...

Thank God we decided to go to Mexico, the saving grace of the trip. We walked loads and I even wore skirts sometimes! We had around four days and I’d really like to go back.

Mexico City

We stayed at a bed and breakfast which I can be fussy about because I don’t want to become mates with the owner and the other people staying there but it was all right. The breakfasts were nice and all vegetarian.

#day1
We walked to the Historic Centre.

We went for hot chocolate and I had mine with milk and my husband, for ...

The person who doesn’t like travelling has been travelling again. We went in August and we ‘had’ to go to Vancouver which isn’t such a bad flight from Tokyo. Ever since the direct flight to London became nearly 15 hours, anything around 10 and under has started to feel like nothing! We had a spare week and didn’t think there would be enough for us to enjoy in Vancouver for that long (we’re not outdoorsy) so then we were umming and ahing about where to go. It was going to be San Diego but that didn’t look like there was ...

If you’re a Yank and you think you’ve got the best country in the world, I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you’ve never been abroad or you’ve only been to developing countries. If that’s not the case, you’re delusional. If you’re a Yank and you’re successful and you think that’s all down to your hard work, you don’t think the majority of people try to work hard? Your success is mainly down to luck and how arrogant if you don’t recognise that (but that is a national trait it seems). Your welfare state must really be nonexistent ...

I had a really nice day going to the art museum today. I really liked being able to go on my own but I love being on my own anyway. This woman and I were kind of following each other around and she said we’re like each other’s shadows. Then when I went to the museum cafe for lunch she was in there and we waved to each other. I liked that.

The Weezer shows have been so good! I’m really happy I’m getting to see them. I’m very lucky I get so much freedom in my life because in ...