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Life in Ottawa

You Know What Draws Crowds in Ottawa? Tulips!

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France - Spring 2025

(Accidentally) Making it to Canada in Time to Vote

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France - Spring 2025

Ocean and Chocolate, the French Way to Celebrate Easter

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France - Spring 2025

Not Everything Has to be Meaningful (I Think)

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France - Spring 2025

Unexpected Fever and French Carnival Madness

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France - Spring 2025

How to Trade Tropical Bahia for French Spring

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Canadian Tulip Festival 2025, Ottawa, May 2025

You Know What Draws Crowds in Ottawa? Tulips!

in Life in Ottawa on 1 day ago May 12, 2025 with 2 Comments by Zhu

I still don’t understand how the fragile bulbs can survive months of freezing temperatures.

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AF328 Paris to Ottawa, taking off in Paris

(Accidentally) Making it to Canada in Time to Vote

in France - Spring 2025 on 2 weeks ago April 30, 2025 with 2 Comments by Zhu

It always starts with some serious Tetris packing skills.

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Les pêcheries, Bd Albert 1er, 44600 Saint-Nazaire

Ocean and Chocolate, the French Way to Celebrate Easter

in France - Spring 2025 on 3 weeks ago April 20, 2025 with 2 Comments by Zhu

The next thing you know, it was Easter.

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Concours international des mini-textiles, Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine, 4 Bd Arago d, 49100 Angers

Not Everything Has to be Meaningful (I Think)

in France - Spring 2025 on 4 weeks ago April 17, 2025 by Zhu

There’s a world where people from all over the world spend months working on a 12 × 12 centimetres textile art project.

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Carnaval nocturne de Nantes, April 2025

Unexpected Fever and French Carnival Madness

in France - Spring 2025 on 4 weeks ago April 14, 2025 by Zhu

It wasn’t a hallucination. Nantes was getting ready for the 2025 night Carnival parade.

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TP436 Lisboa to Paris, landing in Paris

How to Trade Tropical Bahia for French Spring

in France - Spring 2025 on April 7, 2025 April 7, 2025 with 2 Comments by Zhu

It’s spring in France. The weather is much, much warmer than what I expected.

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