My birth-weekend! (Take 2) July 18th 2012 For the second time in my life, I get to celebrate a “birth-weekend” – an event which occurs when you find yourself on the other side of the international date line and your birthday falls on a Saturday - because then Saturday is the day of your birthday but then Sunday is when your birthday happens back home! The first such “birth-weekend” happened exactly 5 years ago in the great count ... read more
Asia » China » Beijing For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
This blog was created in 2007 when I headed to Perth, Western Australia for a year-long study abroad program. There are still lots of great stories and pictures from that trip, though I got way behind on my blogging and the stories end abruptly in September, 2007 (I was in Aus until Christmas Eve!)
Although I've traveled a lot since then, I left this blog in a state of neglect for several years. But I figured another school-related international adventure was a reason to get things started again! In August 2011, I packed up my car and made the drive from my hometown of Toronto to the sunny ... full info