by Karen | Dec Fri, 2019 | Canada, Home Page Post, Travel Journal
Almost three years ago, Scott re-launched our blog with an announcement that we were leaving to volunteer and travel indefinitely. We’d done that before, but this time, he explained, we were selling our stuff, getting rid of our apartment, and leaving home for a...
by Karen | Mar Sun, 2019 | Home Page Post, Mexico, Travel Journal
We knew it would be popular. In our short few days here, we had already witnessed the long lineups of people outside the most renowned shops waiting to buy freshly made tortillas. A long line of people waiting to buy fresh tortillas at a well-known tortilleria. The...
by Karen | Oct Wed, 2018 | Home Page Post, Thailand, Travel Journal
We’ve been on the road now for a year and a half. It is hard to believe we’re once again about to sit our own meditation course for several silent weeks. So much has happened since we drove away from Toronto in July 2017, and it went by in a fast blur....
by Karen | Oct Wed, 2018 | Home Page Post, Travel Journal, Ukraine
I get asked a lot about what my favourite place in the world is. The truth is there are many places I love, all for different reasons. But one favourite country or city, somewhere that sits atop everywhere else? There have always been too many for me to say:...
by Karen | Aug Fri, 2018 | Home Page Post, Poland, Travel Journal
We arrived before noon knowing we’d have to wait for the restaurant to open. We’ve been in Poland for more than a month now and have learned that lunch is mostly a later affair here. Restaurants don’t usually open before noon, and will be at their most crowded...
