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• The French Language Pack is Downloading
• French Mission #2 – Using My New French Bank Account (Complete Failure)
• Apocalyptic Sky Over Nantes, the Loire River and Trentemoult
• A Typical French Night – Drinking and Fighting, Fighting and Drinking
• Chillier, Rainy Days in Western France
• Tour de Bretagne, 32nd Floor
• French Mission #1 – Getting a French SIM Card, Prepaid Plan and Phone Number (Completed)
• Questioning the effectiveness of the When the fun stops slogan in the UK
• People at the Museum – Musée d’arts de Nantes
• People of Paris
• The Ghost Train to Nantes
• A True Parisian Sunday – Markets, Museum, Seine River and Sparkling Eiffel Tower
• Things You Can Do in Paris on a Hot Saturday in August When You Have a Map and No Plan
• XE.com is Now Your Favorite Money Fransfer
• The Second, Unexpected Trip to Paris
• The New Trottinette and a Crazy Idea
• An Awkward Visit
• Pornic and a French Parking Lot Mystery
• At the Seaside, Between Buttery Cookies and the Beach with a Touch of Family Drama
• “Where is Steve?”
• “Are Parisians Really That Rude?” “Is Paris Expensive?” And Other Legitimate Questions About Paris
• The Ultimate Guide to Planning a Last Minute Getaway
• How can an international student immigrate to British Columbia?
• The High-Speed Train Ride From Paris to Nantes
• Crossing Paris from South to North and from North to South
• Paris From the Top of a Ferris Wheel + Les Invalides, Avenue des Champs Élysées, Louvre Pyramide and Notre-Dame
• Seeing the Eiffel Tower for the First Time (And a Lunar Eclipse!)
• Five (or More) Signs You’ve Landed in Paris
• An opportunity for an international student to apply for permanent residence in Ontario
• Ottawa, Montreal… and Paris!
• I’m Going to France and It Makes Me Anxious
• The Day My Parents Went Off Script
• Toronto, The City Where Cultures Blend (Deliciously!)
• Sailing the Turkish Coastline on a Luxury Yacht
• 10 Random Observations About Toronto
• Disconnecting in Toronto – Wait, I Didn’t Mean It *Litterally*!
• Canada Day 2019 + 10 Years of Being Canadian
• Fun Things to Do in Canada
• Grade 1 Completed – By the Way, Did You Know That the Dog Is a Bus?
• 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Life of a Freelance Translator
• Crow Attack
• Can You Spot What’s Wrong With This Picture?
• Do You See Your Smartphone as a Basic Need or as a Luxury?
• These Waves of Primal, Overwhelming Love
• International Money Transfers Are Tricky When You’re Not the 1%
• We Are Being Stalked (By an Unlikely Stalker)
• What You Need to Do To Enjoy Your Vacation
• 3 Types of Crisis All Immigrants Should Prepare For
• Against the Clock
• Our New Tuesday Evening Phobia
• Did I Tell You About the Weather?
• Will Winter Ever End?
• The Shady Side of Blogging in 2019
• Turns Out I Didn’t Screw Up My Kid—School Did!
• Rainy Easter
• Unsolved Mysteries of Everyday Life
• Kindhearted Canada
• Six Unexpected Places to Stay in the USA
• 7 Questions People Ask Canadians Abroad
• White Hair, Kind of Care
• 15 Things People Say When They Meet a French Outside the EU
• It Wasn’t a Waste of Time
• 36
• Online Casino or Offline Casino? Which is Better?
• AC 093
• Latino Mysteries That Still Keep Me Awake at Night
• La Moneda – A Rare Glimpse Inside Chile’s Presidential Palace
• Dark and Dangerous
• The Shopping Carts Mystery
• Valparaíso – Hippy-Chic Cerros Alegre and Concepción, The Former Jail, The Port and the One True Elevator
• The First Time
• Four Days in Santiago
• Soulless Viña del Mar
• The Other Valparaíso You Won’t See on Postcards
• Good guy RGC partners with All-In Diversity Project
• And This is Why You Should Go to Valparaíso
• 10 Things Your Guidebook Won’t Tell You About Valparaíso
• First Night in Valparaíso – Lost Stairways, Gustavo’s Phone, Alejandro’s Car and a Crazy Football Game
• The Valparaíso Option
• Found in Santiago – China, Korea, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela
• The Murals of Barrio Bellavista
• Avenida Vitacura — Santiago’s Beverly Hills
• To the Virgin and Back
• … And This is What Concepción Looked Like
• … And This Is Why I Left Concepción
• Surprisingly Fun Things to Do in New York
• Talcahuano – Where the Milky Way Takes You Straight to Sea Lions
• Concepción, Middle Chile – Finding the Bus is Half the Fun
• A Week of Very Santiago Moments
• The Colourful Murals of Barrio Brasil
• The Cute and Cuddly Cats of La Vega Central
• Londres 38 – Santiago’s Creepiest House
• The Coup, The Struggle for Democracy and a New Beginning – Santiago’s Museo De La Memoria Y Los Derechos Humanos
• Facepalm Moment in Santiago
• In a Parallel Universe
• Beach Bumming in the Región de Coquimbo — “Turn Right, Third Cactus on the Left”
• Coquimbo, Its Giant Cross and the Fish Market
• La Serena, Where Everybody Knows Your Name (How??)
• La Serena, Its Giant Lighthouse and the Pacific Ocean
• People Go Crazy for “Churrascas” in La Serena
• How to End Up in Someone’s Spare Bedroom 500 Kilometres North of Santiago
• A Rollercoaster of Emotions in Santiago
• The Spectacular Border Crossing Between Argentina and Chile – Stuck on Top of the Andes Before 28 Hairpin Turns
• 新年快乐 – It’s the Year of the Pig!
• Pizza, Pasta, Empanadas, Parillas, Medialunas, Facturas and Other Foods in Argentina and Uruguay
• Mendoza – “Look, It’s Not You, It’s Me…”
• EZE to MDZ – Buenos Aires to Mendoza
• Making Decisions – Where Next?
• Lucky in Buenos Aires
• The Escuela Superior De Mecánica De La Armada – From a Symbol of State Terror to Human Rights Defence
• Crossing Río de la Plata from Uruguay to Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 10 Things I Discovered After 10 Days of Solo Travel
• Punta del Este’s Famous Hand and Beaches
• Friendly, Grungy Montevideo
• Carnival (Already?!) in Montevideo
• Boat + Bus to Montevideo, Uruguay
• Buenos Aires Changed! (Or Did It?)
• On a Mission to Find Missions in Buenos Aires
• Alone
• São Paulo, Brazil, to Buenos Aires, Argentina—Where the Flight Itself is a Culture Shock
• Every Story Worth Reading Has A Plot Twist
• I’m Leaving Brazil With…
• Urban Fun in São Paulo
• The Orange Jello Obsession (And Much Tastier Brazilian Foods in Pictures)
• Climb the Social Ladder Walking Though Rio
• SHARK! (At AquaRio…)
• One of These Nights in Rio
• This is Brazil in a (Coco)Nutshell
• Stuck in Hours-Long Traffic Jams on Ilha de Santa Catarina
• Praia Mole (Swimsuit On), Praia Da Galheta (Swimsuit Off)
• Praia Da Joaquim, Between Sand Dunes and Massive Rocks
• The Hidden Beaches of Ilha de Santa Catarina
• Praia Moçambique – The longest beach on Ilha de Santa Catarina
• Praia dos Ingleses and the Sand Dunes
• The Brazilian Beach Experience – Açaí, Caipirinhas, Corn, Grilled Meat, Pirate Ships and More
• Ilha de Santa Catarina is (Almost) Paradise
• São Paulo to Florianópolis – From the City to the Beach
• People of São Paulo
• January 1, 2019 in São Paulo
• 00:00 in São Paulo – “Réveillon na Paulista” 2019
• … And Back to São Paulo
• 10 Things About Rio Your Guidebook Didn’t Mention
• People of Copacabana
• The Other Rio de Janeiro – Centro
• What’s Your Curse?
• Legality of Online Poker in Canada
• Christmas Day on Ipanema Beach
• Christmas Eve in Rio—Downpours, Mall Santa, Panettone and Cheap Champagne
• São Paulo + A 6.5-Hour Bus Ride = Rio de Janeiro
• Three Days in São Paulo, South America’s Largest City
• São Paulo Ain’t No Gotham City
• From Darkness to Light
• Santa Came on December 16—And This Is Why
• [Short Story] Second-Hand Dreams
• 200,000 Translated Words Later (+ a Small Announcement)
• The Slippers
• 20 Typical December Scenes in Ottawa
• 10 Common Canadian Winter Problems
• The Creeps of Flickr [NSFW Language]
• When Canada Was Really Shitty
• It’s Cold
• That Puzzling Place Canadians Call “School”
• The Fine Art of Getting Paid (and Spotting Red Flags)
• This Is Why Blogging Can Save The World
• “They all float down here” – Halloween 2018 in Quebec
• 20 Things Most Immigrants Must Have Experienced
• 4 Mistakes I Made When I Came to Canada (Avoid Making Them!)
• The Fleeting Beauty of Fall
• Weed Is Now Legal in Canada (But I Promise I’m Not High)
• In A Fog (And Nautical Metaphors)
• That Night, Six Years Ago
• The Cool Kids (And the Rest of Us)
• We’re Not Strangers, After All
• Important Things to Note Before You Move (To Canada)
• After the Tornadoes – Power to the People
• After Tornadoes Struck – Powerless Without Power
• The Day a Tornado (Or Two) Hit Ottawa
• How NOT to Switch Cellphone Provider
• 8 People Every Immigrant Should Have on Speed Dial
• Licking My Wounds
• The most amazing architecture in Canada
• Tips for Renting Out Your Home While You Travel
• And This Is How Grade 1 Started (With the First “WTF Moment” Of the Year)
• The Slightly Unusual Things a French Brings Back From France
• Are We There Yet?
• People of Nantes – August 2018
• Don’t Copy American Culture (Or at Least, Make It Better)
• All Over the Place
• 7 Weird Things French Say
• The Migrants Saga – Riot Control (But No Riot)
• French Chores
• Art That Moves You
• And “Bon Appétit”!
• The Werewolves Theory
• A Cultural Experience – The Unplanned Visit of the Assalam Mosque
• Angers – Massive Castle, Old Cathedral and Medieval Atmosphere
• Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie – Sardines, Amazing Beach and Striped Clothing
• Nantes’ Most Unusual Buildings and Architectural Details
• The Mysterious Scammer
• The Forest by the Beach
• Just Take My Money, Please!
• Sea the Rain?
• Another Way to Cross the Loire River
• The Migrants Saga – Late-Night Brawl and a Concert
• A Walk on The Fortified Ramparts of The Château Des Ducs De Bretagne
• Rainy with A Chance of Gloomy
• Weird Things French People Say (And Write)
• Along the Loire River (To Escape the Heat)
• A Contestant for the 2018 Trottinette World Cup
• 10 Undeniable Signs You Found a True Beach Town in Brittany
• Saint-Brevin-l’Océan, The Beach
• Night at the Museum (Art Is Best Enjoyed on a Hot Day After 7 P.M.)
• Top Tips For Canadians Travelling To Europe
• 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?
• The Migrants
• Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, 8:30 p.m.
• The Big Argument
• “Love, The Tooth Fairy”
• Summer Camps? A+, Canada!
• Penises and Vulvae 101
• 10 Signs It’s Definitely Summer in Canada
• Canada Day 2018 – Hot and Deserted
• The First Millennial Trophy
• The Chinese Food Misunderstanding (Zòngzi, Anyone?)
• That Baffling Cultural Mystery I Can’t Crack
• I’m Bad (You Know)
• 5 Learning Experiences All Newcomers Should Embrace
• Ottawa’s Legendary Downpours
• Yet Another Canadian Mystery – The “Discover Your Neighbours’ Political Preferences” Game
• Three Days in Toronto
• Report from the 50th floor – Stuff You Learn Living the Condo Lifestyle Downtown Toronto for 3 Days (Part 2)
• Report from the 50th floor – Stuff You Learn Living the Condo Lifestyle Downtown Toronto for 3 Days (Part 1)
• A Museum Geek’s Visit to Toronto
• Why Do You Live Where You Live?
• The Lonely Neighbour
• I Need Your Help—And a Better Strategy
• You’re Tired Too, Aren’t You?
• The Notes
• Question Mark
• Your Plate as a Map of the World – The Significance of Food Culture
• I Have an Accent—Do You?
• Mommy Shark, Daddy Shark, Baby Shark (The Song Will Be Stuck in Your Head Forever)
• The Best Casinos That Canada Has To Offer
• The Art of Asking (The Right Person, The Right Way)
• Ottawa Ice-pocalypse or How to Survive an Ice Storm
• The First Query Rejection Emails
• “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
• Small Boo-Boos and Big Fright
• “Mommy No Fun” Does Easter
• Body? Here. Mind? Elsewhere.
• The Art of Explaining Abroad What Canada Is Known For
• 35
• From Hockey to Crokinole: What Games Are Most Popular in Canada and Why?
• Cold and Confused
• The March 11 Mystery and a Perceptive Stranger
• New Year, New Me? Not Again…
• People of Santiago (And a Plan for When You Miss Them)
• 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
• Giant Corn of Peru and Other Produce at the Mercado de la Vega
• “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
• Wanted: A Dark Park – Not Wanted: The Brazilian Police
• 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
• 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
• Jumping into The Known Unknown – Montevideo To…
• 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”
• Want to get into Forex trading? Make sure you follow these tips
• 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)
• And Now It’s… Chocolate Season!
• 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
• Five
• Golgappe And Mooncakes with Your Thanksgiving Turkey, Maybe?
• 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!
• 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…)
• “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
• 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!”
• The Never-Ending 2017 French Election Saga – Voting Day
• The French Bureaucracy Saga: Decision Made
• The Scene of the Accident
• Found: Chocolate
• 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
• 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
• 34
• An Immigrant’s Dream
• Yet, In Canada, I Was Happy To…
• Beyond Weather Considerations – What I Miss After Coming Back to Canada
• Unpacking
• Plot Twist – Right Country, Wrong City
• Plot Twist – When the Plane Doesn’t Land as Planned
• São Paulo – Don’t Cry
• Street Carnival in Grungy São Paulo – Come as You Are…
• 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
• Rio de Janeiro’s Magic from The Pão de Açúcar
• 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
• Wake Me Up Before You Bloco – Learning The Art of Carnival Street Party in Rio
• An Early Flight and a Brazilian Bed Mystery
• Reaching a Plateau in Curitiba
• 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
• Ilha de Santa Catarina – Sand Dunes and a Bikini Mountain in Praia dos Ingleses
• Ilha de Santa Catarina – Surfers and Fishermen in Praia de Moçambique
• How to Rock the Beach Like a Brazilian in Praia de Canasvieiras
• Ilha de Santa Catarina – 5 Kilometres of Praia do Campeche
• 6 Hours on BR-101, From Rio Grande do Sul to Santa Catarina
• Porto Alegreses, People of Porto Alegre
• Porto Alegre: Uphill, Downhill and Repeat in the Capital of Rio Grande do Sul
• 10 Signs You’re in Brazil
• Pelotas: First Sweet Brazilian City
• (Fucking) Chuí: Brazil Starts With Getting the Hell Out of Here
• Chuy, Uruguay to Chuí, Brazil: Finding the Border is Half the Fun
• Punta del Diablo: Bohemian Chinese New Year Under the Stars
• La Paloma: Beach, Booze and Buñuelos
• Three Crosses and a Crossroad
• Montevideo: Graffiti, Beach and Urban Fun
• Ham, Cheese, Meat, Sugar and Other Foods Found in Uruguay
• Salto to Montevideo: Ruta 3, from North to South
• Salto, Hot Water in Gaucho Country
• From Argentina to Uruguay, Crossing a Giant Hydroelectric Dam
• Concordia, the Border, Then What?
• Paraná, Wake Up, Nap, Wake Up and Sleep Between Two Rivers
• Sante Fe: “Don’t Wake Me Up From My Siesta” Across the Rio Paraná
• The Desaparecidos of Argentina’s Dirty War
• Paraná: A Post-Zombie Apocalypse Sunday
• 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…
• Packing, Going (The Future is Happening)
• A Food Swap Between France and Canada (Pictures, Comments and Lessons Learned)
• Sprinkles of Christmas Magic (Cough, Cough)
• The Winter Jacket Saga (With Plenty of Canadian Wisdom Inside)
• 9 Tips to Beat the Holiday Homesick Blues
• The Day Ottawa Was Colder Than Mars
• Doing Blogging Wrong or Going for a Dream and Failing
• Too Small
• 10 Minor and Major Winter Annoyances (Team “I Hate Winter”)
• To Santa Claus, The North Pole
• Night Owl (Or Yet Another Questionable Decision)
• 5 Captivating Podcasts for Your Fall Commute
• Canada, Hard Mode
• Dialing 911… Or Not: A Tough Call
• Why I Have a Pig Around My Neck
• More Than Just a Story
• 10 Realistic Tips to Americans Interested in Moving to Canada
• 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
• Pumpkins, Monsters, A Skeleton and A Bucket of Candies
• 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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• Four
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• I Asked You a Question… Mark
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• Back to Work, Back to School, Back….
• Anger is a Dish Best Served in the Street
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• An Ode to French Pharmacies
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• The Art of Hanging Paintings With The Artist
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• Grafikama Exhibition: Modern Graphic Art from Africa Rules!
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• Water, Mirrors and Reflections
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• Overheard in Nantes
• Bridges and Water
• Urban Art and Curiosities
• Maybe They Are Called “French” Fries for a Reason…
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• St Michel Cookie Store: Where Cookie Lovers Gather
• Low Tide and Amazing Finds
• These Predictable French
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• Landing in France…
• Common French Words in English (That Leave French Confused)
• And Now, a Page of Internet Drama…
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• I Swear…
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• The Young and the Restless: My Nemesis
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• Victoria Day in Bloom
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• Nowhere to Go
• The Young and the Restless: A Nemesis Story
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• Four Life Lessons Traveling Taught Me
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• 33
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• Mark, Version 3.5
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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
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• Ilha de Santa Catarina: Praia Mole
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• ¡Hola Buenos Aires!
• Curitiba
• Hungry? Spotlight on Brazilian Food
• Bye Nordeste, Hello Curitiba!
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• Oi Brasil!
• The Plane Tickets
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• Why I No Longer Advise Newcomers to Use Staffing Agencies
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• Immaterial
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• The Letter
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• Grocery Shopping Pet Peeve + November Lunch Boxes in Picture
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• The Little Seed
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• People of Ottawa – Fall 2015 Edition
• I Ain’t Scared
• The Perils of Small Talk
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• The Day Prime Minister Trudeau Was Sworn In
• The Ultimate Canadianness Assessment
• Bye Bye, Monsters
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• 4 Very Annoying Canadian Business Practices
• Gagan & Shikha, From India to Landing in Ottawa
• Two Countries, Two Systems
• Thank You for Voting, Canada!
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• TMI
• Three
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• These “What Was I Thinking” Moments
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• 4 Marketing Pitches Most Bloggers Hear
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• Amidst General Indifference
• The Potluck Minefield
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• Cultural Snapshot: 5 Things Found in Nantes
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• 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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• ▌▌
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• This Odd Number
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• Flagged
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• I Guess this is What Doomsday Would Look Like…
• Automobile Folklore (Why Crossing Parking Lots Can Be Fun)
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• 8 Sounds That Will Become Familiar in Canada
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• 32
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• 3 More “Conveniences” I Missed When Traveling
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• People of Uruguay
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• 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”!
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• Off to Rosario
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• No.
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• 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
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• Overwhelmed
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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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• Storm over the Farm
• The New Camera Saga
• 10 Things That Feel Pretty Awesome After a Long Trip
• Tears, Greenland and an Old Friend
• Snapshots of Nantes
• Again, The River…
• French Food in Nantes
• Fingerz in Ze Noseuh
• At The Beach
• A French Holiday in the French Holidays
• More People of Nantes – 2014 Edition
• Urban Fun
• Industrial Past, Factories and Urban Decay
• These Gloomy French Sundays
• The Loire River
• Experience of the Sublime
• Across the River
• French Pastries Porn
• Saint Mark
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• People of Nantes – 2014 Edition
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• Breton Nationalism
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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…
• Fighting “Ganashes”, One At The Time
• … And More Idiotic Strangers!
• My New Handbag + What’s in Your Bag?
• Stephanie, a“Frozen African” in Canada
• Share Your Story: Your Best and Worst Hotel Experiences
• Dear Universe… Did I Piss You Off or Something?
• Love is a Complicated Thing
• Alright, Let’s Talk About Sex
• 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!
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• 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
• I Can’t Even Pick a Title
• Report From The 2014 Baby Show
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• The Weight Check
• “Mrs. Gaou”, From Togo to Toronto
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• The 10 Most Overused Sentences at Home
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• 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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• Kids Have It Easy
• The Art of Learning Social Skills or the Fine Line between Cute and Embarrassing
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• ANOTHER Snow Storm? Come On!
• 31
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• 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
• Volcano Crater? Checked!
• Masaya
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• 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
• Exploring San José
• 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)
• Tulum Playa
• Cobá Ruinas (Or Climbing a Pyramid Carrying Niño)
• Tulum Ruinas
• Exploring a Mexican Supermarket
• Puerto (Non) Aventuras, Souvenirs and Rain
• Playa Del Carmen
• Porto Morelos
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• Estamos en México!
• You Can Check In Anytime But You Can Never Leave
• Off We Go… Yes, Again!
• I’m Not Okay
• It’s -40°C And I’d Like To Complain About It
• The Eye Saga Continues…
• Bye, 2013!
• The 20-Hour-Long Journey Home
• Wolverine and a French ER Story
• Bye, Nantes!
• 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
• At The Bus Stop
• December & 14 Months
• 10 Numbers to Know When Working in Canada
• Picture of the Week: The Classic Canal Shot
• Fall Candids in Ottawa
• 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
• Picture of the Week: Condo Hate
• 10 French Foods Locals Eat (While Foreigners Think “WTF?!”)
• Pay It Forward and Good Karma
• The Art of “Winterizing”
• Picture of the Week: Birds at the Farm
• Skip—Fast-Forward—Pause—Rewind
• Thirteen Months
• 16 Unexpected Perks of Having a Kid
• 11 Foods Canadians Seem to Be Crazy About (And Strangely, I Am Not)
• Thank You for Your Comment, Random Stranger (Said No One Ever)
• My Day with Google
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• 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
• “It’s Just My Imagination Running Away With Me” – A Threadless Tee
• The Art of Complaining (What Would You Have Done?)
• Gananoque, Clouds and a Piano
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• September & 11 Months
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• A Long Weekend in Toronto
• Oui! Non! (Or Discovering the Art of Parenting)
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• The Arboretum
• 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
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• 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
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• Brain Reboot
• People of Nantes
• The Creepy Courthouse
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• It is “les soldes”!
• The Isle of Nantes—Art or Not Art?
• The Château des Ducs de Bretagne
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• The Trip from Ottawa to France
• 10 Steps to Packing with Bébé
• Have Baby, Will Travel
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• One More Tee – Baggins Family Jewelers from Five Finger Tees
• More Candids in Ottawa
• Picture of the Week: Ontario Wine Pick
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• The Velcro Baby
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