SLR Envy

As many of you know, I'm an aspiring photographer. I've been pretty happy with my Canon Powershot S3 IS. It's basically a hybrid camera that allows automatic and manual settings and has a 12x zoom capability. It has served me very well over the last few years. I wanted to upgrade to a digital SLR before moving to Belgium so I could focus on learning more about photography, but we just couldn't afford it. It was a choice between that or a laptop and as a writer I couldn't go without a computer.

I just had to vent because lately I've been annoyed at the fact that everywhere around me there are tourists with SLRs and they don't even seem to know how to use them! Really, it's ridiculous. Despite their bulkiness and high price tag, everyone and their mother seems to have one. That is, except me!

I think I'll start to look at used SLR when I get back to the states. It would just bring my photography up another notch, and I'm ready for that. Keep me posted if you hear of any good deals!

Hoppy Spring!

It's been a long, cold winter in Belgium (we've heard the worst in years) but spring has finally sprung! I'm happy to report that the Easter bunny managed to find us all the way over in Belgium. He left us some lovely Belgian chocolates.


The bad news, I'm picking up some expensive habits over here. After eating this chocolate I am not sure how I can ever go back to the standard, sugary American variety!