Tag: travel stories
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Gilmore Girls Fan Festival Unionville: The ultimate superfan experience
Back in October, I attended the Gilmore Girls Fan Festival in Unionville, Ontario. If you read this blog regularly,…
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The pros and cons of solo travel
I’ve traveled on my own quite a bit over the years. Pretty much every domestic trip I’ve taken…
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The thought of moving: A Post-Dorian perspective
We live in the Atlantic Ocean’s hurricane path. We have had mandatory evacuation notices 4 times in the…
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An idiot abroad: Airport lounge edition
It’s 2 A.M. and I’m yelling at a stranger in the Etihad business class lounge at Abu Dhabi…
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Crooked Istanbul cops tried to extort us – here’s how we got out of It
I guess this story could be summed up in a 140 character tweet, but it’s the most exciting…
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Rant: The Sheikh Zayed Mosque is Completely Overrated
If Walt Disney had built a house of worship, it would look like the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in…
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My Umrah experience: Inside Masjid Al Haram in Mecca
While researching my Umrah trip, I was told I didn’t need to book a long stay in Mecca because “Umrah…
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Calais Diaries: New Kabul Restaurant, the kid, the welcome wagon, and a momento
While I enjoyed working at the Help Refugees warehouse, my goal was to get on the distribution team.…
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Calais Diaries: Banksy’s mural and the American living in the Calais Jungle
After harassing the volunteer coordinator some persistence, I scored a spot on the Help Refugees distribution team. But first I got…
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Calais Diaries: That time I got yelled at
My first day at Jungle Books in the Calais Jungle went smoothly and I met some nice people…until the…