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- Weird Things French People Say (And Write)
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- The Migrants Saga – Third Chapter
- People of Nantes – July 2018
- Five Ways French People Describe Rain
- 2018 “Journey to Nantes” Art Festival
- When North Americans Eat This, French Eat That…
- Possibly the Most Cliché French Day Ever
- A Few Roadblocks but Finally, The Beach!
- Trottinett-ing Around Nantes
- Good Thing We Have Fountains
- The Migrant Camp Saga Continues
- Switching to French (is Trickier Than It Seems)
- How is France Doing 7 Days After Winning the World Cup?
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- The Lonely Neighbour
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- The Notes
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- Mommy Shark, Daddy Shark, Baby Shark (The Song Will Be Stuck in Your Head Forever)
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- The Art of Asking (The Right Person, The Right Way)
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- “Will My Life Be Better in Canada?”
- How to live the UK on the road: tips and tricks for your British adventure!
- 8 TV Programs to Better Understand Canada
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- From Hockey to Crokinole: What Games Are Most Popular in Canada and Why?
- Cold and Confused
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- Street Food in Santiago – A Mote Con Huesillo With Your Peruvian Bread?
- A Weekend of Transition in Santiago
- “A… E… Z…” The Eye Doctor Experience in Santiago
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- “Día Internacional de la Mujer” in Santiago – Flowers, Boobs and a Presidential Speech
- Where Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia Meet in Santiago
- People of Santiago and Their Occasionally Weird Activities
- Wondering And Wandering Around Santiago
- The Final Twist—A Breathtaking Seven-Hour Bus Ride Through the Andes
- Dazed and Confused in Mendoza
- 24 Hours in Puerto Iguazú – No Doubt, We’re in Argentina
- The Barragem de Itaipu – Dam, It’s Big!
- Go Straight for Paraguay, Turn Right for Argentina – Four Days in Foz do Iguaçu
- The Last Train to the Devil’s Throat – The Argentinian Side of the Iguazu Falls
- From Dry to Soaked and Covered with Butterflies at the Cataratas do Iguaçu
- CWB to IGU – Welcome to the Jungle, Baby!
- Change of Plans
- Chilling Out in Curitiba
- Christ, Balneário Camboriú!
- A French Moment in Florianópolis
- How to take care of your finances while travelling the world?
- The Fascinating Life of Brazilians (And Possibly, Argentinian Tourists) At the Beach
- The Amazing Beaches of Santa Catarina – Campeche, Moçambique, Ingleses, Jurerê and Canasvieras
- A Welcome Dose of Normal in Florianópolis
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- The best casino experiences in Canada and beyond
- Centro, Lapa, Santa Teresa, Gloria, Catete and Other Places Your Rio Guidebook Told You to Avoid (In Pictures)
- Street Food of Brazil
- Losing My Identity with The People of Rio
- Rio Carnival 2018 – Day 5, Massive Crowds Storming Centro and Ipanema
- Rio Carnival 2018 – Day 4, From Bloco-ing with The Beatles to Bloco-ing in The Subway
- Rio Carnival 2018 – Day 3, the Picturesque Bloco, the Beach Bloco and the Unexpected Bloco
- The Art of Life Changing Decision-Making
- Rio Carnival Day 2018 – Day 2, Bloco-ing from Centro to Ipanema
- Rio Carnival 2018 – Day 1, Samba Schools Parade at the Sambódromo
- Rio and the Tunnel of Death
- People of Salvador
- Salvador de Bahia – From the Lighthouse to the Beach with more Pré-Carnaval Craziness
- The Quest for The Golden Church in Bairro Pêlo
- Two Crazy Days of “Pré-Carnaval” Party in Salvador
- When Salvador is Being Boarded Up
- Taking the Pulse of Salvador de Bahia – Celebrating Dia de Iemanjá and Spying on Rich People
- Porto Alegre To Salvador De Bahia — Red-Eye Flight, Amazing Landing and Snack OD
- What are No Deposit Bonuses and are they Worth the Trouble
- Three Anecdotes About Three People of Porto Alegre (And Many More of Them in Picture)
- Porto Alegre – Cities Within the City
- You Know You’re in Brazil When…
- Busing to Porto Alegre
- 24 Sugar-Powered Hours in Pelotas
- A Night in “Fucking Chuí” Between Uruguay and Brazil
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- Roadblock – Where Montevideo Turns into “Hotel California”
- 10 Uruguayan Quirks I Noticed (+ People of Montevideo)
- How PayPal Revolutionized Online Gambling
- Montevideo – The Anti-North American Suburb
- Uruguay – Hard to Get to but Worth It
- Crossing the Chocolate-Coloured Río de la Plata to Uruguay
- Two Unsettling Sides of Buenos Aires
- Four Days in Buenos Aires
- People of Buenos Aires
- For the Love of Facturas
- Santiago to Buenos Aires – It Should Have Been a Quick Flight But It Wasn’t
- Thank You, Chile
- On Top of Santiago
- … And Back in Santiago!
- Valparaíso in a Cloud of Marijuana Smoke With a Bunch of “Alligators”
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- Between Valparaíso and Viña del Mar
- Taxi, Plane, Bus and Bus – The Trip Back South
- People of Antofagasta
- Antofagasta – The Atacama Desert
- Antofagasta – The Pacific Ocean
- 1090 Kilometres North of Santiago
- People of Santiago (Plus a Dog)
- I Checked: Penguins Can’t Tap Dance
- And so, 2018 Started in Santiago…
- New Year’s Eve in Santiago
- Getting Ready for 2018 in Santiago
- 9,000 km Further South
- Take Chances. Lots of Them.
- 6 Everyday Items I Can’t Travel Without (Because… Yes, Packing!)
- Holiday Gifts for Everyone in the Office
- “B” as in “Blizzard,” “C” as in “Christmas”, “D” as in “Done”
- I’m Not a Unicorn
- And This Is How I Finally Got My Christmas Shopping Done
- Snow Quiet
- When Plan B is Almost Better Than Plan A
- The Fall of Fails
- A Selection of the Most Popular Spectator Sports in Canada
- Christmas Angst
- 5 Things I Learned Working Out at the Gym This Fall
- Two Readers
- “You Suck!” (Chinese Parenting Explained to Westerners)
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- A Real Trilingual* Kid (*Minus Two Languages)
- The Missing Step
- 2017 Fall Colours in Ottawa
- 5 Fun Podcasts For Winter
- 3 Baffling Canadian Behaviours (Somewhat) Deciphered
- Trick-or-Treating With… Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (?!)
- Halloween Treats Madness
- How to Plan Your First Backpacking Trip
- 10,916 Revisions Later
- When in Doubt, Go to the Hill
- Sick of Doctors
- The Top 5 Gambling Blogs
- Nobody Can Be Uncheered With a Balloon
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- Four Fall Podcasts
- Leaving Isn’t Such a Trivial Act, After All
- I Love You, Pumpkin
- Ottawa’s Twelfth Homicide of the Year
- The Freelancer’s Lament – Call Me Maybe
- Fix or Replace? The Consumer Conundrum
- “Wide, Open Spaces” and “Opportunities” – The Canadian Dream in France
- Under the Weather
- French Stuff a French Brings Back from France – 2017 Edition
- Hi, Harvey!
- Plane on Time, Bus Delayed and Other Airport Adventures
- Late August in Nantes
- Written on the Walls (But Not in Stone)
- Reflections and Reflections (Overheard in Nantes)
- Some Thoughts on French People and Food
- Along the Erdre River
- Is France Living in Fear?
- A Pachydermatous Sunday
- Exploring One of The World’s Largest Shipyards in Penhoët
- A Medieval Day in Angers
- 7 Facts of Life in France That Are Funny, Puzzling or Annoying
- Lost in Communication Styles
- Puzzled by Traditional French Food and Eating Habits
- Gross or Practical?
- Saint-Michel X 11
- Along The Loire River
- A Splinter Situation
- Nantes’s Newly Reopened Art Museum
- That “Unique Place”
- Miscellaneous Useless Skill – Diabolo Juggling
- How Has Virtual Reality Started To Transform The Casino Industry?
- Inside A Former Detention Centre
- Duty Done: Smile!
- These Timeless French Sundays
- The Quiet Charm of the French Atlantic Coast (Gimme My Sweater, I’m Cold!)
- Wipers? Optional (With the Right Attitude)
- 2017 Journey to Nantes: From Quirky Playgrounds to Pretentious Projects
- 7 Random French Moments
- Riding a Trottinette Is an Acquired Skill
- Sun, Rain and Reflections
- Sunday Is Food Activism Day
- “Trois Baskets”
- You Know You’re in France When…
- A Sleepless Flight Later – Montreal-Nantes with Air Transat
- The Final Countdown
- Trip Status: “It’s Complicated”
- Why Poker’s American “Refugees” Fled From An Online Gaming Crackdown
- Once There Was a War
- Overworked? You Need A Weekend Break (Right Here In Canada)
- Am I Crazy or Are They? (Overheard in Ottawa)
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Ottawa Bluesfest
- Go to Camp, Make Beaver
- The German Nipple Story (Or the Art of Imparting Cultural Wisdom)
- 6 Problems Solved by 6 Life Hacks (That I Should Have Tried Earlier)
- Canada Day in Ottawa, 150 Edition – Report from the Front
- School Is Out (And I Still Don’t Understand the Canadian Education System)
- Boring? Canucks Love Rolling the Dice and Taking a Risk!
- Happy 150th Birthday Canada – 5 Canadian Celebs Who Give Back
- Canada One-Five-Oh – Pick the Most Irrelevant Branded Product!
- 10 More Things You Need to Know Before Visiting Canada
- The Good People of This World (Or Two Feel-Good Stories)
- 10 Things You Need to Know Before Visiting Canada
- Not Inspired by the Canada 150 “Inspiration Village”
- The One Thing I Didn’t Know I Would Ever Have to Explain
- Where Did All the Blogs Go?
- No News Is No News
- What is Love? (Shhh, Haddaway…)
- The Evolution of Mobile Gaming in Canada
- “Bon Cop, Bad Cop” and Canadian Humour
- Canada 150 and a Special Edition of the Ottawa Tulip Festival
- It’s a Small World… Or Is It?
- Author Seeks Publishers – The scenarios
- 9 Things to Anticipate on an Antarctic Cruise
- Canada’s Secret Nightlife: Casinos
- Live on CBC as France Breathes a Sigh of Relief
- 5 Surprising Characteristics of the Canadian Workplace
- Bang, Bang – I don’t Like Guns
- No Rain, No Rain!
- Fries + Cheese Curds + Gravy = Poutine Fest in Ottawa
- How to Develop Unhealthy Eating Habits (Rant of the Week)
- “But Nobody Has White Skin!”
- Why You Should Visit Chile This Year
- The Never-Ending 2017 French Election Saga – Voting Day
- The French Bureaucracy Saga: Decision Made
- The Scene of the Accident
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- Four New Podcasts That Make You a Better Person
- Author Seeks Publishers – The Moment I Hit the “Send” Button
- Author Seeks Publisher – The Query Letter
- Top 3 Accommodation Options for a Trip to Niagara Falls
- I’m Fighting the French Bureaucracy (And I’m Not Sure Who’s Winning)
- The Special, Awkward and Funny Side of Interracial Unions
- Author Seeks Publisher – The Starting Point
- Pre-Arrival Program for Newcomers Coming to Canada—Settlement Online Pre-Arrival (SOPA)
- All the Canadian Clichés All Conveniently in One Place – An Afternoon at the NHL Centennial Fan Arena
- The Top 3 Places to Visit With Your Best Friends
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- The Top 4 Hockey Arenas to Visit in Canada
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- An Immigrant’s Dream
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- A James Bond Jaunt through Canada’s Casino Culture
- Beyond Weather Considerations – What I Miss After Coming Back to Canada
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- Plot Twist – Right Country, Wrong City
- Plot Twist – When the Plane Doesn’t Land as Planned
- São Paulo – Don’t Cry
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- Rio Carnival 2017 – The Biggest Street Party in the World
- Rio Carnival 2017 – From Boozy Blocos to the Backstage of the Sambódromo
- Cariocas – People of Rio de Janeiro
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- Catete, Glória and Centro – These Neighbourhoods of Rio You Were Told to Avoid
- Copacabana and Ipanema – The Picture-Postcard View of an Alluring Hot Mess
- 500,000 Revelers + 3 – Rio’s Crazy Centro Street Party
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- An Early Flight and a Brazilian Bed Mystery
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- Curitibanese – People of Curitiba
- Curitiba—It’s an Eye! It’s a Museum! It’s the Eye Museum!
- Balneário Camboriú to Curitiba – The Bus Ride With A Tempting Option
- Balneário Camboriú—Between the Tall Towers and the Beach on Avenida Brasil and Avenida Atlântica
- Brazilian Food, From Açaí to Quindim
- Florianópolis Centro – 0% Beach, 100% Brazilian City
- Sounds Like Samba, Looks Like Carnival in Florianópolis Centro
- Ilha de Santa Catarina – Paradise Found in Sunny Praia Moçambique
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- Ilha de Santa Catarina – Surfers and Fishermen in Praia de Moçambique
- How to Rock the Beach Like a Brazilian in Praia de Canasvieiras
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- Porto Alegreses, People of Porto Alegre
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- Salto to Montevideo: Ruta 3, from North to South
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- Ham, Cheese and Other Foods in Argentina
- Rosario: Birthplace of the Flag, the Che and Messi
- A Four-Hour Bus Ride Later
- Heads or Tails in Buenos Aires
- Porteños, People of Buenos Aires
- La Plata and the Diagonals
- A Sunday in San Telmo
- 15 Signs You Landed in Buenos Aires
- Where, Now? The Chilean Dilemma
- People of Santiago (Plus a Pigeon)
- “They Were Tortured Here”: Chile’s Dark Past
- Up and Down in Santiago : Two Hills and a Cable Car
- Veggies, Fruits, Cats and Food in Santiago
- Valparaíso, a Giant Fire and Full Buses
- January 1 in Santiago: “Todo Cerrado”
- Yellow Underwear, Fake Snow, Fireworks and a New Year Party in Santiago
- Two Flights and Many Hours Later…
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- A Food Swap Between France and Canada (Pictures, Comments and Lessons Learned)
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- The Winter Jacket Saga (With Plenty of Canadian Wisdom Inside)
- 9 Tips to Beat the Holiday Homesick Blues
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- Doing Blogging Wrong or Going for a Dream and Failing
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- 10 Minor and Major Winter Annoyances (Team “I Hate Winter”)
- To Santa Claus, The North Pole
- Night Owl (Or Yet Another Questionable Decision)
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- Canada, Hard Mode
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- The Night the Website of Immigration Canada Crashed (or WTF, America?)
- 20 Puzzling Aspects of Life in the USA
- [Interview] Hélène, from France to the mountains of British Columbia
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- Fall + Winter (aka Snow and Fall Colours)
- The “Yes” Project
- #MajorFacePalm #YetAnotherInnocentMoment
- 7 Awfully Canadian Moments that Happen Daily in Canada
- One Leaf, Two Leaves… Okay, Fall Colours Are On
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- Hunting for Thanksgiving in Ottawa
- I Asked You a Question… Mark
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- 5 Good Decisions that Made My Life in Canada Easier
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- Wanted: An Education
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- Back to Work, Back to School, Back….
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- The Art of Hanging Paintings With The Artist
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- Domaine de la Garenne Lemot and French People’s Illogical Nature
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- Water, Mirrors and Reflections
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- The Parc des Oblates
- L’Atelier and Le Temple du Goût: When Art Travels…
- The Lovely Coast and Coves of Préfailles (or The Art of a Family Trip)
- French Shops
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- Bridges and Water
- Urban Art and Curiosities
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- How to Have an Affordable Family Holiday
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- Low Tide and Amazing Finds
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- French Playgrounds: An Instruction Manual
- This Quiet Hour
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- Art and Artists in Nantes
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- Angers and the Medieval Castle
- Good News for People Who Like Bad News
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- When a Spider is Almost as Big as an Elephant
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- Gifts and Smashed Windows
- The Flight Across the Atlantic
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- Common French Words in English (That Leave French Confused)
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- Behind The Scenes of Blogging – The Writing Process
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- Victoria Day in Bloom
- 8 Questions that Somehow Make Sense in Canada
- Nowhere to Go
- The Young and the Restless: A Nemesis Story
- 10 Tips to Hack Your Canadian Resume
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- How to Raise a Perfectly Trilingual Child
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- Four Life Lessons Traveling Taught Me
- 4 Awesome New Podcasts for Spring
- How NOT to Do Your Fifteen Minutes of Fame
- The Quotable Stage
- The Best Ice Skating Rinks in Canada
- Worries, Big and Small, Silly or Real
- Canada, We Have an Issue
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- The Just-Like-in-a-Hollywood-Movie Experience
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- Mark, Version 3.5
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- Chinatown’s Cryptic Signs
- 10 Things That No Longer Surprise Me in Canada
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- The logistics of Coming Back
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- Flavours of Brazil
- Yesterday and Tomorrow in Rio Centro
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- Rio, Here We Come!
- Ilha de Santa Catarina: Praia dos Ingleses
- Ilha de Santa Catarina: Praia do Campeche and Praia da Armação
- Ilha de Santa Catarina: Praia de Canasvieiras
- Ilha de Santa Catarina: Praia do Moçambique
- Ilha de Santa Catarina: Praia Mole
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- Late Night in Buenos Aires
- Where Do You Go in Buenos Aires When You’ve Been Everywhere?
- Plaza de Mayo: the Hub of Political Life in Argentina
- A Sunday in Buenos Aires
- Go East: Back to Argentina
- Late Night in Santiago
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- Santiago and The Hot Dog Mystery
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- From the Cerro San Cristóbal to the Tallest Building in Santiago
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- Santiago: Getting Blessed and Getting Smart
- Santiago and Its People
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- There Will Be Blood: This is Why You Don’t Jump on Beds
- Giving Córdoba Another Chance… And a Change of Plans
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- ¡Hola Buenos Aires!
- Curitiba
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- A Flight to Recife Later…
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- Oi Brasil!
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- 5 Unexpected Little Pleasures Every Immigrant Enjoys
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- Two Countries, Two Systems
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- TMI
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- The Packed Lunch Tradition… with Pictures!
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- 4 Marketing Pitches Most Bloggers Hear
- “Yes, Thank you”
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- 3 Awesome Podcasts for your Back-to-Work Commute
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- The Household Deity
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- The Potluck Minefield
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- 6 Unique French Words and Expressions
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- Cookies Heaven
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- People of Nantes – Summer 2015 [3]
- Honey, We Frenchized the Kid
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- People of Nantes – Summer 2015
- Cultural Snapshot: 5 Things Found in Nantes
- Three-Masted Belem
- Choirboy
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- Stuck, Delayed and Delayed Again – But in France!
- … Just Take the Firetruck
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- I Want It
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- Black Hole (A Wet One)
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- 5 Personality Traits of Canadians You May Not Know
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- Rice and Cheese
- Scratch Me If You Can
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- Retail Tales
- Beautifully Flawed
- I Guess this is What Doomsday Would Look Like…
- Automobile Folklore (Why Crossing Parking Lots Can Be Fun)
- Ghostbuster
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- People I Used To Know
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- An Ugly Side of Winter
- Selfish Little Monster
- In the Beginning Was the Word
- Five Myths about Freelancing (Busted!)
- Cold. Must Rant.
- How to Start a World Culinary Journey
- Suburbia, the Forest and Snow
- The “Other” Landing Strip
- 3 More “Conveniences” I Missed When Traveling
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- Stepping Back Into the Fridge
- Last Days in Buenos Aires…
- Um Dia No Brasil: Jumping Between The Argentina and Brazil
- The Grand Overview of the Cataratas do Iguaçu
- Looking Down Into the Devil’s Throat
- Welcome to the Jungle… Baby!
- People of Santiago (Ciao Chile!)
- Viña del Mar and the Port of Valparaíso
- “Ascensor-ing” in Valparaíso
- Valparaiso: Fruits, Veggies, Colours!
- Up and Down Santiago
- People and Food in Santiago
- Santiago’s Pulse: Art and Churches
- From the Atlantic… To the Pacific!
- People of Uruguay
- Beach Bumming in Glamorous Punta Del Este
- Turning Into a Giant Ravioli (or Food in Uruguay)
- Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo
- Montevideo Centro
- Traveling Back in Time in Colonia del Sacramento
- Crossing Río de la Plata to… Uruguay!
- Medialunas and Dulce de Leche, or Treats in Argentina
- Bus, Storm, Meeting
- We found “Che”!
- Looking for Che
- Off to Rosario
- Down Time in Buenos Aires
- Back in Buenos Aires
- Darwin Science and Heavenly Magic in La Plata
- Lost in a Diagonal in La Plata
- Dead Famous (or Famously Dead?) in La Recoleta
- Blue Collar “La Boca” and Classy San Telmo
- January 1st in Buenos Aires
- Landed… and Happy New Year from Buenos Aires!
- Same Team, New Destination
- Another Year of Blogging: 2014 Stats
- 3 Winter Skills Every Canadian Should Master
- Boxing Day, a Canadian Tradition
- Dear Santa
- 5 Great Beauty Products for Winter – Tested and Approved!
- Holiday Season Wins and Fails
- Daycare-Hunting Hell—Report from the Front
- The Mother Who Sucked at Christmas
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- And Once Again, It is the “Merde”…
- Winter Misery
- Mark and the “Machine” (Your Laugh of the Day)
- “No Hand, I Swear!”
- 10 Neologisms You Didn’t Know You Needed
- $2.36 to Escape
- Wake Up and Smell Canada!
- Dear Canada, I’m a Bit Mad At You
- IKEA, Apples and Cravings
- A New Chapter?
- The Land of “OMG-So-Much-Awesomeness”
- To Each His Own
- Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
- The Not-So-Fine Art of Dropping Your Kid at “School” For the First Time
- Halloween Night
- A Blog’s New “Clothes”
- 11 Things I Learned During This Trip to China
- Five Books about Family (That Will Make You Feel Sane, Competent and Normal)
- In the Wake of the Ottawa Shooting
- The Mind-Boggling Art of Being “kèqì” in China
- Gorgeous Fall in Ottawa
- 8 Tips to Survive Flying with a Baby (Been There, Done That!)
- “Zàng”, I said!
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- Overwhelmed
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- People of Beijing + Creative Signs
- Beijing, From the Olympic Park to Tiananmen Square
- Away from Home
- The North Tomb (北陵)
- No Power in Pyongyang… I mean, Shenyang
- Another World
- Yummy Northeastern Specialities, Plus Everything You Need to Know About Chinese Food
- Thoughts from the 27th Floor
- Shenyang or the Art of Being Chinese (我不也是中国人!)
- Web Traffic and Street Traffic
- Shenyang’s Imperial Palace (沈阳故宫)
- Welcome to…The Machine…
- And Now, A Bathroom Break on Chinese Toilets…
- Shanghai at 5:30 a.m.
- Pudong and the Concrete Jungle
- The Bund (外滩)
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- Shanghai, Baby!
- 9 Things Chinese Do
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- West Meets East and Changsha, or a Major Culture Shock
- Hunan and Hubei Food
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- Hankou and the Yangzi
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- Blast from the Past
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- People of Beijing (北京人）
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- …And this is How It All Started
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- Spam. Sigh. And More Spam.
- Being the “CEO” of Family Inc.
- The Canada Aviation and Space Museum
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- The Settlers’ Mentality
- The Capital Fair
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- “Snow” and Canada’s Titanic
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- The New Camera Saga
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- Again, The River…
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- The Loire River
- Experience of the Sublime
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- You Know You’re in France When…
- … From the Other Side of the Pond
- It’s Time To… Fly Away!
- Dear Pregnant Woman…
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- … And More Idiotic Strangers!
- My New Handbag + What’s in Your Bag?
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- Dear Universe… Did I Piss You Off or Something?
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- 8 Times I Lied Today
- 10 Quick Tips If You Visit Ottawa This Summer
- June & 20 Months
- Doors Open Toronto
- Exploring Toronto
- 4 Short Answers to 4 Immigration Questions: Can I change my name, how long the process takes and more!
- Shut Up, Shut Up, Shut Up!
- A Toronto Blue Jays MLB Game
- Apparently, I Suck at Play Time Etiquette
- Bubbles!
- English Girl + Canadian Man = Holly, From England to Canada
- Recipe for Disaster or A Night Out With the In-Laws
- Buy Clothes and Plant Trees (No, Really)
- C’mon Let Me Ride
- OMG, Ottawa Is Actually a Nice Place!
- 3 Short Answers to 3 Immigration Questions: Opening a Language School in Canada, Immigration Consultants in India and More
- Yes, It’s Wrong. Yes, It Happens.
- Ottawa Tulips Festival – 2014 Edition
- Flower Power!
- Martin, A French Truck Driver in Canada
- Counter March to the Anti-Abortion Rally
- May & 19 Months
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- 12 Tips to Keep Your Sanity Through Tough Times
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- Report From The 2014 Baby Show
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- “Mrs. Gaou”, From Togo to Toronto
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- 3 Short Answers to 3 Immigration Questions: Is there a minimum income threshold to sponsor a spouse, should I use an immigration lawyer and more!
- The Magic Box
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- April and the Year-and-a-Half Milestone
- Hair Everywhere And Big Tears—Never Again!
- I Got You Babe
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- The Art of Learning Social Skills or the Fine Line between Cute and Embarrassing
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- 10 Awesome Nonfiction Books You Should Add To Your Reading List
- Well, Hello, 21st Century!
- With a Little Help… From My Son
- My Nail Salon Addiction
- March & 17 Months
- Kids Change Family Dynamics
- A New Theme for Correr Es Mi Destino!
- Five Little Words
- Mark… I Am Your Mother…
- Hello Otta… I mean, Hi, Toronto!
- Adios Costa Rica..
- People (and Hostels) Are Strange
- The Fine Art of Walking and Playa Hermosa
- Jacó Or Where I Apparently Find “Sin City”
- Malpais, Beaches And a Long Dusty Hike
- You Live, You Learn
- Beach Bumming in Montezuma
- Cabo Blanco, a Snake, a Coati, an Armadillo And a Hike
- Bus, Collectivo, Bus, Bus, Ferry And Bus
- A Day With Strangers
- Santo Domingo and Ojo de Agua
- Where I Realize I Am Not Tour de France Material
- Isla Omotepe: One Island and Two Volcanoes
- San Juan del Sur and the Pacific Side
- León: Revolución, Churches and Big Cola
- People of Granada
- Granada
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- Masaya
- Las Isletas
- Nicaragua—And Yes, a Crazy Border Crossing Story
- El Desayuno Es… Gallo Pinto
- Sámara
- A Five-Hour Long Bus Ride Later…
- People of San José
- El Mercado Central
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- Landed!
- Sink Or Swim
- Hi Again, Frozen Hell…
- Curious About Mexican Food?
- Vivir La Vida
- The Wonder That Didn’t “Wow”
- Progreso and the Gulf of Mexico
- The Lost Ruinas of Uxmal
- Mérida Centro and Beauty in Chaos
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- Sunday in Valladolid
- Hello Yucatán!
- Gran Cenote (Or Cave Swimming With Niño)
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- Cobá Ruinas (Or Climbing a Pyramid Carrying Niño)
- Tulum Ruinas
- Exploring a Mexican Supermarket
- Puerto (Non) Aventuras, Souvenirs and Rain
- Playa Del Carmen
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- You Can Check In Anytime But You Can Never Leave
- Off We Go… Yes, Again!
- I’m Not Okay
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- The Eye Saga Continues…
- Bye, 2013!
- The 20-Hour-Long Journey Home
- Wolverine and a French ER Story
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- Pluie and Rain
- A Réveillon Later…
- French Food: Christmas Sweets and Desserts
- Merry Noël and Joyeux Christmas!
- French Food: Christmas Delicacies
- People of Nantes, Winter Edition
- Christmas Lights
- France is Getting Ready For Le Père Noël
- (Re) Bonjour France!
- Et Merde.
- Packing Craziness
- A Very Last–Minute French Christmas
- Allegory of the Shopping Mall
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- December & 14 Months
- 10 Numbers to Know When Working in Canada
- Picture of the Week: The Classic Canal Shot
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- Being a Mom and a Freelancer: The 5 Commandments
- Picture of the Week: Admission of Guilt
- The First Snowstorm of 2013
- “Guilt” is My New Middle Name
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- Picture of the Week: Birds at the Farm
- Skip—Fast-Forward—Pause—Rewind
- Thirteen Months
- 16 Unexpected Perks of Having a Kid
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- Thank You for Your Comment, Random Stranger (Said No One Ever)
- My Day with Google
- Halloween as a Pirate (Not Me, Obviously…)
- When Canadians say…
- The Undomestic Goddess
- The Day I Was Almost Denied Entry to Canada (Don’t Be Like Me!)
- Don’t Judge. Just don’t.
- Glorious Fall
- Owls of the Nile from Threadless
- Don’t Mess Up With CBSA—Tips for a Smooth Border Crossing to Canada
- An Artsy Sunday in Montreal
- One Small Step for a Baby, a Giant Leap for Parents
- Mark is Turning One!
- It’s Fall. It’s Beautiful.
- Bad Luck Day in Montreal
- How To Get Your Kid Hooked to Hockey
- The Chalet du Mont Royal and Montreal’s Skyline
- The “Itchy & Scratchy Show” And the Hotel From Hell
- Are You a Good Fit for Canada?
- Maple World Translation
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- The Art of Complaining (What Would You Have Done?)
- Gananoque, Clouds and a Piano
- The Beach, the Lake, Sand Dunes and a Storm
- A Misty Visit to Niagara Falls
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- September & 11 Months
- Then… and Now—Ten Months of Parenting Make You Wiser (And Lazier)
- A Long Weekend in Toronto
- Oui! Non! (Or Discovering the Art of Parenting)
- Helping Tourists (Or Not)
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- A Strange Cultural Difference (Or Feeling Unsafe in Peaceful Suburbia)
- Inside an Inbound Call Centre: “Welcome to Petro-Points, How Can I Help You?” (Part II)
- Petrie Island
- Inside an Inbound Call Centre: “Welcome to GM ‘Hot Button’!” (Part I)
- The Price of Fame
- Along the St. Lawrence Seaway
- Good Old Alexandria Bay
- Unleashing the Dragon
- August & Ten Months
- Mark – Code Name: The Destroyer
- 10 Things I Missed From Canada
- The Not-So-Great Topbox
- My Son Is Not a Fucking Sumo Wrestler
- The Latest Tee: “WTF Happened?” From RIPT Apparel
- Back on Canadian Soil
- My French Shopping
- 10 Random Observations About the French
- Gargoyles and Mascarons
- More People of Nantes
- Mark at the Isle of Nantes
- The Loire River
- French Treats
- Train Culture in France
- First Time at the Seaside!
- Saint Michel Chef Chef
- Bastille Day in Nantes
- The Tour in Tours
- A Day in Tours
- French Urban Fragments
- July & Nine Months
- Meet the Belem
- A Bird’s Eye View of Nantes
- French Drinking Culture
- French Graffiti
- Brain Reboot
- People of Nantes
- The Creepy Courthouse
- A Baby and Nantes’ Landmarks
- It is “les soldes”!
- The Isle of Nantes—Art or Not Art?
- The Château des Ducs de Bretagne
- Market Day
- Early Morning in Nantes
- The Trip from Ottawa to France
- 10 Steps to Packing with Bébé
- Have Baby, Will Travel
- Overheard in the Stroller (One Baby, One Mother and Weird Strangers)
- One More Tee – Baggins Family Jewelers from Five Finger Tees
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- Picture of the Week: Ontario Wine Pick
- 24 Hours in Toronto
- The Velcro Baby
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- June & Eight Months… in Numbers!
- 50 & Counting Tour – The Rolling Stones Live in Toronto
- The Tee Quest – One Color Only and My Collection from Design By Humans
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- When the Lousiest Salesperson Participates in a Garage Sale
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- Hochelaga, the Olympic Park and Sainte Catherine
- The “Vieux Montréal”
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- Picture of the Week: Sens Fever
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- 4 Types of People Who will Drive You Crazy after You Had a Baby
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- [Interview] Alice, a French Post-Grad Student in Quebec City
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- [Interview] Isa: The Montreal Experience as a French
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- 5 Reality Checks on Your Immigration Project
- March & Five Months… In Numbers!
- “Vacuuming” Snow
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- How To NOT Ask For Help
- The Trashier, The Better or Why I Watch Stupid Shows on TV
- French Words and Expressions I Forgot—No, Really!
- Privacy Issues in a Big Scary World
- Anatomy of Grocery Shopping in Ottawa
- Postpartum
- I trade you an Advil for a Tylenol Extra Strength—Welcome to the House of Germs!
- Girls, Guilt is Killing Us!
- What Does a Canadian, Chinese and French Household Look Like?
- February & Four Months… In Numbers!
- My 5 Website Pet Peeves (Or Why You Lost a Visitor)
- Celebrating Chinese New Year: 新年快乐!
- 10 Signs You Are the Mother of a Baby
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- [Special Feature – Part VI] Working in Canada: the Ugly
- 10 Great Resources to Improve Your Quebec French Language Skills
- The Quest for Insouciance
- [Special Feature – Part III] Working in Canada: the Bad
- You Know it’s Way Too Cold When…
- 1 + 1… + 1 = Family Portraits
- [Special Feature – Part II] Working in Canada: the Good
- 10 Great (and Free) Resources to Improve Your Canadian English Language Skills
- Of Losing Control (And Changing That Pyjama)
- [Special Feature – Part I] Working in Canada: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Three Months… in Numbers!
- 10 Reasons Why I Completely Stopped Buying “Group Deals”
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- Lips, Face, Hands, Body, Feet… Fight Winter!
- Starting 2013 Snowed Under
- 10 Great Time-Wasting Entertaining Websites
- After The Storm
- Winter Weather 1 – Doomsday 0
- Five Baby Items I Bought That Actually Turned Out Useful
- Calling a Spade a Spade—When It’s Not the Time to be Modest
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- The “Too Much Information” Article on Breastfeeding
- Two Months Later—Pee, Smiles and the Month in Numbers
- The Most Stressful Sound in the World
- 1.. Make a Wish! 2… Be Grateful! 3… Spread Hope With This Giveaway!
- Mark, the Sling and I Against The World
- 10 Tips for Better Baby Pictures… With Examples!
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- Parents vs. Newborn—How We Attempt to Keep Our Sanity
- 10 Weird Consequences of Having a Baby
- Mommy and Expat—A Busy Week Online!
- Me, a Mommy? Seriously?
- Pop’n’Spawn: A Tale of Two Ottawa-Based Indie Game Developers
- 10 Things That Feel Great When You Are No Longer Pregnant
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- Learning Personal Finance, the North American Way
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- This is the Season… of Border Duty Free Shopping!
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- Hurricane Mark
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- The Day Canada Tried To Give Me Diabetes
- Fall Leaves
- Baking a Baby in Canada, or Why I Have Never Considered Going Back To France
- A Fall Day along the Ottawa River
- Trolls, Hot-Button Issues and—Gasp!—Boobs
- My Non-Scary Non-Gory Labour and Birth Story – Part III
- My Non-Scary Non-Gory Labour and Birth Story – Part II
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- The World: Meet Mark, Born 12/10/12!
- Being Pregnant: What Does It Feel Like?
- Dear Canada, Thank you For Your Health Care System
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- 20 Reasons Why I’m Looking Forward to The “Grand Finale”
- Product Review: Beats By Dre Dre In-Ear Headphones
- Boy or Girl, the Bets Are On!
- It’s Like Puberty… All Over Again
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- How to Really Embarrass Yourself at The Doctor’s Office
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- The Crazy Trip from London to France
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- London’s Tourist Spots
- The London Underground
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- The Olympics Fever and Hyde Park
- The London Millennium Footbridge
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- Never Take the British Weather with You
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- Do You Speak British English?
- Green Park and Buckingham
- The Queen’s Walk and Tower Bridge
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- 10 Things That Surprised Me in New York City
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- NYC’s Little Italy and Chinatown
- NYC 2012 Gay Pride
- Greenwich Village
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- Canberra
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- 27
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- 10 Myths About Canada
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- Yonge & Dundas
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- 10 Facts About Canadians
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- 10 Great Canadians
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- The H1N1 Vaccine Dilemma
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- 5 Canadian Debates
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- Useful Links For Immigration (10/10)
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- Patagonia – Punta Arenas
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- ¿ Que Voy Hacer — Que Voy A Ser ?
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