Religion, morality, and the guiding principle of Shit Happens
I’m an atheist. It’s not a choice I ever made, I was just raised that way. As a child in rural Quebec, my only contact with religion was when we went to church on Christmas eve with family friends....
View ArticleAre you proud to be (insert your nationality)? How I feel being Canadian.
Walking around Split, our guide mentioned a few times how proud she was to be Croatian. Later, having a beer on our balcony, Lissette asked me what I thought of that. And then asked me if I feel proud...
View ArticleThings Travel Bloggers could learn from Donald Trump
Image: Gage via Wiki Commons With the US elections only days away, many people have been focused on the things Donald Trump says and tweets. Somehow, with all his trash talk, lack of substance on...
View ArticleReligion, morality, and the guiding principle of Shit Happens
Religion, morality, and the guiding principle of Shit Happens. I’m an atheist. It’s not a choice I ever made, I was just raised that way. As a child in rural Quebec, my only contact with religion was...
View ArticleWhat if Donald Trump was a Travel Blogger? And what could other bloggers...
What if Donald Trump was a Travel Blogger? Note: I wrote this just before the 2016 election. Who would have figured he was such a piece of shit? Well, I did… . With the US elections only days away,...
View ArticleWhy Sarajevo is a Microcosm of everything that’s wrong with the Balkans
Why Sarajevo is a Microcosm of everything that’s wrong with the Balkans I just got back from Sarajevo. I’d like to be able to say that Sarajevo is a beautiful and interesting place, marvel at its...
View ArticleIs Krakow overrated? And why a month in Poland was enough for us to not come...
Is Krakow overrated? Brazil has been at the bottom of the list of all the places Lissette and I have been. But that trip was back in 2007, way before we started travelling full-time in 2014. Since...
View ArticleIs it Racist to ask someone where they’re (really) from?
Is it Racist to ask someone where they’re from? It happened when talking to one of our new neighbors in Spain. Looking at Lissette, she said it: “You’re American. But where are you really from?”...
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