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Category: Memories

Living in Geneva — And Why I Don’t Miss It as Much

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Every city you live in leaves its mark. Paris made me swoon. New Zealand made me breathe deeper. Geneva? Well, Geneva taught me a few lessons — but it didn’t tug at my heartstrings in quite the same way. We were spoiled. We lived in a beautiful 4-bedroom house just outside town in Collex-Bossy, a five-minute drive into France. We even had a view of the Mont Blanc from our bedroom window. It was the perfect place to raise kids. I lived there long enough to get a taste of Swiss life: the lakeside walks, the tidy trams, the international…

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I love Paris in the – Anytime of the year

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Paris 2010–2016: Rewarding, Exhilarating, Frustrating (and Yes, Expensive) I lived and worked in Paris from 2010 to 2016, and those years remain some of the most rewarding, exhilarating, frustrating — and expensive — of my life. Paris was everything at once: a dream made real, a challenge that kept me on my toes, and a city that spoiled me with art, food, and travel I’ll never forget. Rewarding Paris rewarded me in ways I didn’t anticipate. Professionally, I had to navigate multilingual workspaces where a single meeting might shift from French to English to a hybrid of both, known as…

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Exploring Eastern Canada’s Coastlines and Villages

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What Makes Eastern Canada So Special Eastern Canada doesn’t shout for your attention—it lingers in the salt air, the lighthouses, and the conversations that stretch longer than you expect. From Québec’s heritage villages to the sweeping coastlines of the Maritimes, this region offers intimacy, history, and natural beauty in a way that feels both timeless and deeply personal. Landscapes That Tell Stories Some places overwhelm; Eastern Canada draws you in. Drive the Gaspé Peninsula, where cliffs tumble into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, or walk through Forillon National Park, a landscape that feels like the end of the world. Wander…

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Finding Home After a Lifetime of Motion

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The Shape of Home Home is a funny word. One syllable, four letters—yet it holds entire lifetimes. Ask ten people what home means and you’ll get ten different answers: a street, a voice, a feeling, or maybe just the smell of something cooking on a Sunday afternoon. For some, it’s a place to return to. For others, it’s a person. For a few of us, it’s a question we’ve been trying to answer for years. The Pull of Where We Began There’s something magnetic about the landscapes of our youth. Even after decades away, a part of us still remembers…

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To be a good writer, you must be a good reader

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I believe we’re all writers, whether we admit it or not. Some of us start scribbling stories in the margins of school notebooks, others keep journals full of teenage angst, and some don’t pick up the pen in any meaningful way until much later. The starting line is different for everyone, and so is the pace. Just as some kids belt out songs before they can tie their shoes, others—like me—take a little longer to find the words. Even before we can match letters to sounds, we’re already telling stories. As children, we draw houses with crooked chimneys and stick…

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A Map of My Life, One Souvenir at a Time

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This is a follow-up to Part 1:  Why I Still Collect Mementos (and Why You Might Too) What Do Tourists Collect the Most (and Accidentally Start a Collection)? It usually starts innocently—a postcard here, a fridge magnet there. Maybe you grabbed a coaster from that cozy bar in Lisbon because the bar reminded you of your favourite watering hole back home, and the sangria was perfect. And just like that, you’re collecting. I bet you have been guilty of a few of these. We used to pick up hotel pens and toiletries and put local currency in a place for…

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Using LinkedIn as a Senior Traveller

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Would you like to get my updated LinkedIn Magazine for 2025? It includes how to use AI. Click the image to your right. LinkedIn wasn’t available in the early days of my career. Then, I wasn’t sure how that fit into a platform built around job titles and bullet points. My path wasn’t exactly linear—more like a long, scenic route with layovers, course changes, and plenty of side roads. I’ve worked across borders, shifted gears more than once, and built a career based on curiosity and adaptability rather than a traditional career ladder. That flexibility has shaped not just how…

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The Toilet Chronicles: Adventures in Travel and Toilet Paper!

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Suppose you’ve been following me for a while. In that case, you might have noticed my somewhat quirky obsession with toilets—and more specifically, the often-overlooked hero of every bathroom break: toilet paper. So, when I came across an interesting article from Approach Tours about the types of toilets you might encounter while travelling, I was naturally curious. The article does a solid job (no pun intended) of preparing travellers for various toilet experiences around the world (spoiler: not every toilet comes with a heated seat and soothing sounds). However, it doesn’t address the toilet paper situation, which is something you…

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The Travel Fiascos That Turned Into Stories

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I consider myself pretty lucky when it comes to travel. In all my years of travelling, I’ve only ever missed one flight, no trains and no cruises. That said, there have been several mishaps along the way. Somehow, when you are with others, it often seems much more manageable than when you are on your own. Not speaking the language also adds to the anxiety. 1. Lost in Transit: A Birthday Blunder On what was supposed to be a celebratory day, I found myself missing our flight home on my partner’s birthday. The car rental parking was a half-hour trek…

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