Category: Places
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Toronto Raccoons, the Neighbours You Love to Hate
As the last of the Summer days are officially behind us and the leaves start maturing into tones of gold and crimson, one cannot help but ask, where did those raccoons go? Ah yes, the infamous Toronto raccoons we love to hate. My guess is that they are busy hitting up the buffet at Chez […]
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El Camino Frances: 7 Things You Need To Know
This week marks fours years since I embarked on the adventure of a lifetime and walked the Camino Frances. In the spirit of reminiscing, I thought it would be nice to revisit this 800km escapade and go over a few topics I can retrospectively deem semi-important. With the presence of Miss Rona, I don’t expect […]
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Some Memorable Meals Eaten in 2019
There is little I love more in this life than eating. A sensorial activity that just so happens to be intrinsically connected to how we sustain ourselves. What an absolutely spectacular coincidence, no? To celebrate the fact that over the past year, my plate has hosted a plethora of edible goodness, I wanted to take […]
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5 Awesome German Words You Need to Know
In the spirit of starting German classes again after a long nine month hiatus, I wanted to share five of my favourite German words. Although there are an incredible amount of fantastic words phonetically (krass, schade, etc.), I will limit myself to these ones as they don’t really have a one-word equivalent in English nor in […]
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El Camino Frances: The Ultimate Packing List
During the Camino, you will most likely develop a love-hate relationship with your bag. One the one hand, it holds the only elements of homeliness and comfort you’ll have access to, as you embrace the nomadic way, but, on the other hand, it does have to go on your back. Camino packing list. There is a […]
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Berlin on Film
Going home for the holidays meant sorting through the overwhelming amount of stuff that apparently belongs to me. This also meant reigniting an interest for certain objects, which then sneakily made their way into my suitcase. One of these treasures being my first ever film camera I received for Christmas when I was about 11. […]
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5 Little Things I Love About Berlin
Starting off the year (quite late) on a positive note, I’d like to share 5 little things I love about Berlin. When discovering a city, there are of course the staple things to see and do: museums, restaurants, clubs, historical monuments etc. They all give you a comfortable and satisfactory peek into everyday life, without […]
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El Camino Frances: an Introduction
A year ago, I embarked on the most exciting yet challenging adventures to date: El Camino Frances. An 800-ish kilometres walk from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela, through northern Spain. It was something that I had been itching to do for some time and do not regret in the slightest. Over the next few months, […]
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Critical Mass Berlin
Believe it or not, before coming to Berlin, I had only ever managed to sit on a bicycle for more than three seconds once – that is, without training wheels. What can I say, I was apparently a “stubborn child” and always lived down the street from a subway station. I have always wanted to learn, […]