Our first stop on our Asian adventure was Taiwan. We chose Taiwan for two reasons. One was because I worked with somebody from Taiwan who had done a very good job of making it sound like a great place to visit (he was right), including letting me sample some of the magnificent tea grown high [...]
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Canadian healthcare myths, busted
Universal healthcare has been on my mind lately. First, because my husband is finally a part of the system we have in Canada as a new permanent resident, and I have been interested to hear his impressions. Second, because I am re-experiencing the system after several years abroad in Chicago and Asia; my American healthcare [...]
introducing pastabroccoli: YouTube edition
As I mentioned in my previous post, we filmed almost 70 videos along with our nearly 17,000 photographs. What does that mean?
We had to get a YouTube account! So it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the new pastabroccoli. The one that talks to you and provides moving pictures! Yes, over at [...]
a year in photos
As I begin writing, it is exactly 366 days – to the hour and minute, no less – since the timestamp on the very first photo we took after departing from Chicago’s Midway airport on a cool January afternoon. In the intervening months, we found ourselves in 10 countries (12 if you count layovers in [...]
sunglasses?
We visited Kanyalkumari, where the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea all meet at the southernmost tip of India. It’s a stunning and beautiful place, and it’s easy to stop just about anywhere that has a glimpse of the sea to just soak in the sea breeze, sea view and glorious sunshine.
Of course, [...]
Getting There and Away: India Style
Since January we have been on the move, never in the same place for more than a few weeks and rarely for more than a few days. We’ve found ourselves in planes, trains and automobiles. On bicycles, of the human powered variety as well as electric. Not to mention motorcycles and all manner of rickshaws. [...]
In search of understanding
I think curiousity could play a great role in helping us to understand why others behave as they do, but also to examine our own rituals and purposes.
- Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian journalist and former Governor-General of Canada, “The Society of Difference,” 2007 Lecture of the LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium
After almost four months of travel in India, I [...]
