Scotland: Road Trip to The North
Back in October 2018, we went to Scotland to celebrate the love of my brother and his new wife. They had their wedding celebration in Gretna Green, Scotland. What a great opportunity to road trip Scotland! As previously mentioned, driving out of Edinburgh was interesting but driving up to The North was entirely different. ...
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Have the Best Seafood of your Life in Zadar, Croatia
In the spring of 2018, my newlywed partner and I were journeying along the coastline of Istria all the way south to Dubrovnik, Croatia in search of the best seafood that our money could buy. Our first meal in Croatia was in the northern Istria region in the town of Novigrad. We had some beautiful, fat scallops followed by ...
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24 Hours in Bologna
I will admit that I was a little nervous before we arrived in Bologna. The first time I visited Italy in my youth, I didn't feel very comfortable largely in party to being 23 years old, not very confident, and Italian men shouting "Nice Boobs!" at me in the street. This trip to Italy was entirely different. I'm in my ...
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First Timer To Japan Series: Start Planning
Are you thinking about going to Japan? Great! You are going to have an amazing time. My partner and I decided to go while we put off planning our wedding back in 2016. It was magical. We ate, found inspiration, met cool people, and discovered new hobbies. At first, it can feel intimidating since everyone says that Japanese ...
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Best Eats of Chicago
What can I say about Chicago? It's a huge metropolitan city with a prairie feel. Midwest hospitality is a real thing and results in the best customer service experience I've ever had. I thought Canadians were some of the friendliest in the world but I think we may have some competition from the folks of the ...
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Blood, Bones & Butter: A Lesson in Badassery
Blood, Bones, & Butter: the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef by Gabrielle Hamilton is a book that came to me at just the right time. I needed to find some "grrr" for my personal and professional life and Hamilton provided some tips in her memoir. I found it in an internet black hole of food blogs and ordered it ...
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Can-Lit Books for the Culturally Curious
I believe that one can learn a lot about a country by reading literature written by that country - at home or abroad. Every genre provides certain insights but my favourites are fiction, non-fiction, memoir, travel, and creative non-fiction. Canada is blessed to have many different cultures and ethnicities making up it's ...
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