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Where’s Wallonia?
You know what’s a bit weird? Countries that advertise themselves. And I don’t mean in a tourist-attracting, “Come spend your vacation dollars on our fair shores” way, but in a “Come spend your...
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Smells like New Zealand?
It’s around this time of year that I feel a certain longing for the old country. It makes sense, of course. Just as we slip undeniably into winter here in the north, carefree Kiwis are making...
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Flight of fancypants
Anybody have a spare $66,950 I could borrow? I’m good for it, promise. For that wee handful of change, I could — for 22 days — live the life of a fabulously wealthy jet-setter. Imagine flitting from...
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Old spot, new tricks
I return from my vacation a changed woman. No, really — I’m talking deep, significant changes. I’m quite sure my sunburn penetrated layers of my epidermis (maybe even my dermis?) that weren’t due to be...
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Best seat in the sky
Airlines don’t struggle to get bums on seats. It’s us that fight tooth and nail — virtually, at least — to score a primo spot on any short- or long-haul journey. And by primo, I mean two or three extra...
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Chips, cheese and clam juice, please
It’s 2am. You stumble out of a bar. It’s possible you may have had several too many boozy beverages. What stands between you and a particularly spiteful hangover the next morning could well be a bowl...
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Five Olympic underdogs
Great Britain, the US, China, Russia … yeah, yeah, they can fight over their gold medal tallies all they like. What I’m interested in are those countries that don’t garner so many Olympic headlines....
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The blog — it lives!
There’s nothing like actually travelling to inspire an old, long-forgotten blog about … travelling. Who knew? Frankly, day-to-day life in the dreary depths of a Toronto winter just doesn’t prompt any...
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San Francisco highs and lows
Travellers with jelly legs also not advised to try out steep hill Do not call it Frisco. Or San Fran. Especially not in the presence of locals. They will sneer at you, shun you, ban you from sharing...
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Escape plan
Quick, this way to … where exactly? You owe me some flowers. That’s right, today is my Canniversary. Six whole years ago I arrived in Canada for the first time, pretty clueless about what lay ahead,...
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Diary of a madwoman, midweek edition
Today is Wednesday. I had a bikini wax after work and then I went to the art gallery because it’s free on Wednesday nights and it wasn’t as full as I expected. I got lost as I do everywhere but I think...
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Homie needs a home, yo
I suppose this could work as a home … Late nights and early mornings. To-do lists. Cardboard boxes, bubble wrap, sharpies. Packing tape. So much packing tape. Shitty packing tape that splits and tears...
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The sound of silence: well worth the fifteen bucks
I think the gods may have finally heard my plea. “Please, powers above, let me not be seated next to any more screaming babies with a case of whooping cough; kids that haven’t yet grasped the concept...
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Made in Missouri
Hey ladies (and fellas), I’ve got the best remedy for heartbreak/any kind of life crisis/a general sense of unrelenting boredom from your everyday existence. It’s called Missouri, and you want to go to...
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Wine pumps: best idea ever? Yes. The answer is yes.
Further proof that Italians own it when it comes to la dolce vita: you can buy cheap — and more importantly, good — wine from an establishment that is essentially a gas station. That’s right, people,...
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Beauty, beaches and bastard burglars. Welcome to Barcelona.
Barcelona provides the perfect combo of old-school charm and tropical party town Call me a statistic. I have joined the ranks of the unlucky thousands (millions, maybe?) who’ve fallen prey to the...
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The year of unexpected travels
In 2013 I went on 26 individual flights. That might add up to a sizeable carbon footprint, I guess, but I’m no frequent flying corporate executive, so I figure it doesn’t really count. I love to travel...
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I live here now for now
I’ve been in Melbourne for three months. Am I fully assimilated? Pfft, hardly. I can’t imagine a haitch ever passing my lips intentionally and sometimes I have no idea what Australians around me are...
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Alf, Murray and the Australian dream
I’ve thought a lot about Alf recently. Alf Stewart, that is, the Home and Away living legend. Enjoying a pretty true blue Aussie experience, a couple of weeks ago I got to visit the lovely town of...
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Countdown to down south: roadtrippin’ USA
Is the best part of a holiday before you even leave? I don’t mean to put a damper on the actual going-away bit, but how great is taking three minutes out from your painful work day to daydream about...
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