Category: adventures
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Poland: Warsaw II
After over two weeks away, we returned to our home base in Warsaw in the evening with a full day of activities planned after a quick sleep. ****
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Poland: Kraków
It was a bit of a surprise to us all when we realized we were a bit sad to be leaving Oświęcim – it had been a long 12 days. However, after we had received a very heartfelt farewell from our hosts and individual certificates of completion noting 80 hours of education on site, I…
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Poland: Oświęcim & Auschwitz
It is Day 13 or so as I write this, which is wild to think about! I have trouble believing that I am nearly halfway through this program after so much anxiety going into it – because I have come to really appreciate my being here – but I am also acutely aware of how…
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Poland: Warsaw I
It’s been three days of content for the course and as I write this we are preparing for a travel day that will be wrapped up with a seminar in Auschwitz, our next destination and residence for 12 days. The city of Warsaw is beautiful, and it is difficult to comprehend how much of it…
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Poland: Before (Good-byes and Panic)
Allegedly I am going to Europe tomorrow. In the autumn, on a bit of a whim, I applied to a unique opportunity to study the Holocaust through a psychological lens. The application was free to submit and required some commitment to fill out but not so much that I felt obligated to go if given…
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Big Valley Jamboree 2014
Two weeks after my inaugural music festival experience, I found myself making another 3-hour road trip towards another weekend filled with musical entertainment; this time, it was from Calgary to Camrose, and it was all about the country music. It was also a lot flatter than B.C.’s Pemberton. After 45 minutes of futile pumping of…
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#PembyFest: The Ressurrection
Two weekends ago, I had the exciting experience of being an attendee at the comeback-year for the Pemberton Music Festival! My first music festival experience. While I missed almost the entire opening night’s lineup of artists (including Nine Inch Nails and Cage the Elephant), I was able to catch some serious bass at Bass Camp…
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Catching Up
The last month has been full of family, travel, work and, of course, food. Where to begin? Summer sunsets. Belated birthday outings, featuring friendship witha side of veggie burgers and vegetable chips. Canada Day relaxation. A necessary 3AM trip to The Naam. Drive-in dates! Summer time BBQs of veggiedogs and tofu kabobs! Mischievous kittens. Birthday sushi fun…
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10 Days of West-Coast Moseying – Complete (Trip 2)
One trip down, one to go: With one and a half days of rest following a delayed flight home from God’s Country, G and I set out on the road for Seattle!I cannot recall the last time I visited Seattle, and I had never been to Portland before; so with a taste for new adventures…
In a Tizzy 