Tag: travel
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2020 in Review
2020. Welcome to our new reality. We are raising a new generation of children who will sadly never know what things were like before covid, but will have “wash hands” and “mask” among their list of first words (or at least that’s been my experience with my daughter). So where do I start? Well, where…
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Bahama Mama
The panic was starting to set in. I was nearing the end of the second trimester, had gone back to work in the OR full time, was living with my parents, and in serious travel withdrawal. I knew this was going to be my last chance at a kid-free vacation for the next foreseeable future,…
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Portugal – where I got my stride back
Algarve Coast After leaving Lisbon it was time to head due south for the Algarve Coast. We arrived in the coastal city of Portimão in the early evening. Throughout our stay in Portugal we opted for Airbnbs, and my Dad’s pre-trip research definitely paid off, because nearly every one of them was awesome. Our condo…
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2019 in Review
Wow. What a year. This time last year I was back in Canada for my second R&R, enjoying time with my family at home, as well as some quality time running and cycling through the mountains. It was a much needed break from the stress of work, but I was excited to be going back…
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Burn Out
24 February 2019 “This past week I was involved in a training session on PFA – Psychological First Aid. One of the key topics we discussed was on resilience, or as I like to call it, “Bounce Backiness.” As a whole, people are resilient. The vast majority of us have the capacity to overcome some…
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Life in a Rice Field
I now live in the middle of a rice field. Or, as we’ve affectionately come to call it: “The Shire”. We don’t yet have the rustic wooden sign outside the front of our big, white 3 story house to announce your arrival into Hobbiton… but it’s coming. Instead, we just have exposed electrical wires, unreliable…
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“A Day Behind And A World Away”
Do you know what one of the greatest things is? Getting mail. Not e-mails (though those can also be pretty sweet when they’re not work-related), but proper snail mail. Like, writing out mailing addresses, licking stamps, and wandering around foreign cities trying to find a post box (or some nice stranger willing to mail things…
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Chittagonian Princess
It’s 6:10am on a Friday, and after pushing the snooze button a couple times I finally drag myself out of bed. Half-asleep, I fumble across my flat to boil some water for coffee. A few of us were up late last night, sipping on wine, chatting about Ebola, and discussing how not to kill the…
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Canada, Eh?
I’ve been back in Bangladesh for a week now, and although I had an amazing time in Canada, it feels really good to be back. It’s starting to feel more like home here. Since being back I feel like I’m more familiar and tolerant of those things that were driving me crazy before I left…
Teryn Warnke 