Ashley & Arek
We are Ashley and Arek, a Canadian-Polish couple based in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland!
Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Ashley packed up her life and moved halfway around the world to Edinburgh, Scotland in 2015 in search of a new adventure. Originally only planning to stay for the duration of her 2-year working holiday visa, she soon met, fell in love with, and married Arek!
Ashley has been interviewed by Jerry from Four Columns of a Balanced Life as well as by Allan from The Canadian Expat on her move to Scotland.
Arek grew up near Gdansk, Poland, and moved to the UK in 2009. After some time in England, he decided to move to Edinburgh. He was pleasantly surprised when Ashley appeared in his life, and knew he couldn’t let her go!
We now live in a cosy flat in Edinburgh with our gorgeous Maine Coon cat, Shadow. Find out more about why Ashley moved from Canada here and how & why she never left the UK here.
Photography
Ashley has always been interested in capturing moments in time and considers herself an amateur photographer. She particularly likes capturing cityscapes and landscapes. This website serves to be a space where she can showcase her best collection of photographs.
Her Instagram photo features include:
Visit Scotland in December 2015
This is Edinburgh in June 2016
This is Edinburgh in April 2018
Visit Outer Hebrides in August 2019
Visit Scotland in August 2019
Videography
On a similar spectrum, Arek has always been interested in videography. His latest venture has been dabbling with making short videos, wherever we may be, and sharing them on YouTube. Always keen to learn more about different cameras and secrets to editing videos, the dedicated YouTube channel serves to be a space for him to showcase his work.
Travel
Ever since moving to the UK, we have both had the incredible opportunity to travel endlessly around Europe and beyond, having visited 17 new countries. The Maldives, Greece, and Iceland are just some of the highlights. We hope to use this website to tell you about the future travels that we go on, including tips and tricks to ensure you have the most memorable holidays.
Lifestyle
As we have a home base in Edinburgh and are not seeking to live a nomadic life, we do not travel constantly (though generous holiday entitlements do mean we still fit a lot in!). This website will also be a place where we talk about life in Scotland, how we try to live a mindful life, and other topics that interest us, and, hopefully, will interest you!
