Lisbon, Portugal I went to Lisbon a few Aprils ago. I spent my days there simply and quietly; it rained a lot of the time. Every night I ate a communal dinner…
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Manitoba and Saskatchewan, CanadaI was born and raised in the prairies of Canada, in a city famous for writers and hockey and snow. By the time I was 18, I had left,…
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Runaway Bay, JamaicaWith airlines like Jetstar and Air Asia and Easyjet, some days it really takes all of my willpower to not leave all of my responsibilities behind and become a full-time…
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Koyasan, Nara, and Kyoto, Japan And now I’m living life in a series of countdowns: this many days until I go to Tokyo again, this many weeks until I go to the…
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Santorini, Greece Another rainy day in Osaka. It is the perfect day to organize summer clothes, make miso soup, and book tickets to The Philippines.
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Paris, France I’ve been thinking about applying to intensive French courses at La Sorbonne next year. I’ve lived all over Canada, in Denmark and Russia, Scotland and Japan, but it has always…