My Travel ABC

Katherina’s motto is “Eat, Travel, Photography”—with such a tagline, it’s not won­der that I’m read­ing her arti­cles reli­giously! Her travel blog, 100 Miles High­way, can give you a pretty bad case of wan­der­lust.
She recently com­pleted her Travel ABC, and tagged me for this spe­cial travel meme.

Seven Things About Me

A while ago, Nigel tagged me for the pop­u­lar Seven Things About Me meme. I com­pleted it twice in the past, but the last time was in April 2008—so I fig­ured I was due for a newer version.

My Seven Links

I was invited by Lau­rel of Expat in Ger­many to com­plete a pop­u­lar meme ini­ti­ated by the travel web­site Trip­base. I loved the idea because with a five-year-old blog and over 700 arti­cles, even I have trou­bles remem­ber­ing every­thing I wrote!

The City Swap

I occa­sion­ally take part in var­i­ous blog­ging events, such as con­tests, memes, pho­tog­ra­phy hunts etc. It had been a while, though.
This time, I heard of the City Swap on Expat Traveler’s blog. This year, it was orga­nized by Laura. The goal was to: “Swap some thing(s) that, in your opin­ion, best rep­re­sent the place where you live, and what you think makes it unique”. Laura patiently assigned each par­tic­i­pant a “city swap buddy”.

10 Clues I Became Canadian

I know that I’m still a lit­tle bit French, but as time went by, I also adapted to my new home.
Like many in Canada, I embrace the North Amer­i­can way of life while keep­ing some of my cul­ture. Cul­tural inte­gra­tion, not assimilation.

10 Clues I'm Still French

I don’t think I’m your typ­i­cal French. Yet, my cit­i­zen­ship some­times catches up with me.
I don’t mind it. I like to call myself a “word cit­i­zen” but this is the coun­try where I was born, where I grew up and where I was educated.

Travel Stories

Trav­el­ling is always an adven­ture. Whether you are across the world or just across town, there are lit­tle anec­dotes to be told. Let’s share them!

I’d like to ask a few trav­ellers to tell me their best anec­dotes on the road or abroad.

Pay It Forward

Do you believe in ran­dom acts of kind­ness?
Accord­ing to the rules, “the exchange focuses on doing an act of kind­ness with­out expect­ing any­thing in return other than that the recip­i­ent will, in their turn, pass the kind­ness along and pay it for­ward in their own way.” I was one of the com­menter who agreed to receive a small gift (you bet I was!) and to pass it on to other bloggers.

The Last Four Things I Bought

What did you buy today? I’m curi­ous to find out! In this meme, you have to list four things you bought dur­ing a day.

This was Sat­ur­day for me and my wallet.

Dona Nobis Pacem

Why do we fight today ? Because they attacked us first. Civil war. Bio­log­i­cal war. Because we want to pro­tect our val­ues. Holy war and war gods. Because they have the bomb and they’re not sup­posed to. Pre­ven­tive war, atomic war. Because they tor­ture. War crimes. Because we have weapons to sell. Eco­nomic war. War of attri­tion. Phony war. War games.