Voodoo

Well, I have just returned from my first all inclusive Mexico holiday. Wow, what a treat! Camille and I decided to celebrate her upcoming divorce in the best way we knew how - fun and sun! Se we headed to Cancun/Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Before we left, we spent about a month looking at different all inclusive sites. We knew we wanted to have a place that had 24 room service, all inclusive, and waiter service on the beach. A week before leaving, we found the Valentin Imperial Maya resort that met all of our requirements and then some. It was an adult only place, which suited us more than fine to not have children running everywhere. It was a bit of a couples style resort, but we did not mind, because the cliente were more ... read more

So those of you who don’t know, I decided to head to South Africa for the weekend, lol. Ok, so I was there for five days. Thierry and I had been talking about going to South Africa for a couple of months and when March rolled around and we hadn’t gone yet, we decided we had better get our butts in gear. By the way, having a fantastically nice roommate who works for Air France is wonderful! A couple of days before we were supposed to leave, something came up and Thierry was not going to be able to leave with me. Luckily, he was able to arrive two days after me. I have two friends from UNESCO, Rovani and Diana though, who have friends and family who live in South Africa, plus, Lizzy, who shared ... read more

So, now that I can say I lived in Paris for 6 months, I am often asked, what was your favorite thing. One of my favorite things to do in Paris is go to the Marais, walk around and eat at my favorite falafel restaurant, L’as du Fallafel. Mmmmm, they are soooo good. The Marais is the Jewish and gay district of Paris and there are a number of really cute shops and most of the streets are cobble stone. There are a number of vintage stores in this area and you can see where all the fur goes to become moth food. It is also very close to Hotel de Ville, which is the very impressive main city hall building of Paris. Another thing that I like to do is go and hang out in ... read more

Hello blog readers, lol. In the summer of 2007 I travelled to Paraguay on a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) project dealing with sustainable tourism and private sector development. I wrote an entry for the trip a long time ago, but had not started this blog yet. I have decided to post it, to keep all of my travel blogs in one place. I don't have many pictures of Asuncion (the capital city) on this computer, but I will post some of my favorites from other parts of the country. Wow, Paraguay is great. The people in this country are so nice. I have managed to travel to the southern and eastern tips of the country and in every community I have visited, I have come across warm and generous people. To give a little background…my ... read more

Another holiday season has come and gone. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy New Year to everyone! Even though I was not able to spend the holiday season with my family, I was able to make is special. My friend Emilie, who I work with at UNESCO, is from Canada and did not go home for the holidays either. Additionally, her high school friend Kieran, who currently lives in Ireland, decided to come to Paris to spend the holidays. On Christmas eve, the three of us decided to go shopping for stocking stuffers for eachother. Then we came to my house and had a xmas eve dinner of guacamole, hummus, salsa and bread. We wrapped our presents, watched Elf and had a sleep over. The next morning we started the day with Champagne and orange juice ... read more