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Dollars to Dinars: A Tour of World Currencies
Despite the popularity of credit and debit cards worldwide, cash is still widely accepted. That’s why I often visit my favorite Currency Exchange to get local currency before travelling. Additionally, I may use ATMs and Currency Exchange Bureaus at my destinations. As a result, I come home with a couple banknotes and coins that I…
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My Epic Travel Fail
Never ever think that seasoned travellers don’t make mistakes! Messing up isn’t just something that happens to occasional travellers – it can happen to ANYONE! Just ask me, someone who has travelled often yet made a major travel mistake only a few short weeks ago. A trip that had been in the works for years…
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Silence in the Blog
It has been a minute…a long time since I’ve posted. Not for lack of material or desire. It would appear that I have writer’s block. Perhaps even some lapse of motivation. The thought of writing of far off places or revisiting memories of travels near and far seems a daunting task. Pinpointing the reason or…
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On to 2023 – Happy New Year
Happy New Year! I sincerely hope this finds you well. And it certainly has been some time since I posted. I hadn’t even realized how long it has been. I suppose that there can sum up my 2022. It was a hectic year with many changes. Although I did not travel in the way I…
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Here for the Beer – A Weekend in Victoria for Craft Beer Lovers
What do craft beer and the Gold Rush of the mid-eighteenth century have in common? Both altered the history of BC’s capital city of Victoria. In the mid-1800s, as would-be millionaires stocked up on supplies in Victoria en route north to seek their fortunes in gold, the population of the future capital surged rapidly. It…
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2021 to 2022
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Another collective spin around the sun and another exceptionally eventful year has passed. 2021 has been tough, yet I am grateful, that for me personally, there were some fun and memorable moments. That is what I’d prefer to focus on because I think it helps. Certainly there were times where things were…
