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It's that time of year again, folks. The time of year when the green lady graces Northern Europe with her presence. You guessed it! My current obsession is with the Aurora Borealis. Actually, who am I kidding, I have been obsessed since I heard it existed! Having bargained with Brad, using a week of skiing as a sweetener, we booked a trip to Finnish Lapland via Austria for another shot at seeing the Northern Lights. First, we flew off to Ellmau Ski Resort in Austria, where Brad spent four days laughing at my skiing skills.... Not really, he was very supportive! I got off to a really good start by thanking the ski hire staff for their help and walking straight out of the store with ski boots on - without my skis. In the end, I was pretty stoked with my progress, having skied only once before in Andorra a year previously. Sure, there were five year olds whizzing past me at lightning speed, but you can't let that dishearten you....much. Allll smiles until I saw the ...

Well ladies and gentlemen, we finally did it. We have officially set foot on all seven continents, yippee! We landed in Toronto straight after our epic bike ride from Vienna to Budapest and limped our way over to the rental car. We were off to Niagara Falls - woooooooo. As we approached the hotel, we could see little droplets of water landing on the windscreen from the falls. The anticipation!!! CHIXRULE! Big cars evvvvvverywhere Everyone is SO NICE in Canada. People were opening doors for us and saying good morning as they got into the elevator. I was loving it. And this was before I even left the hotel!  While Brad attended his conference, I was able to catch up with a good friend from Cairns who lives not far from Niagara Falls and enjoy maximum baby cuddle time with their 3 month old. I explored the town of Niagara Falls and crossed the pedestrian bridge into the US to check out their side of the falls, too. Canadian side is better, just in case you ...