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A thumbs-up to the World Cup from a soccer-illiterate internationalist
You’re right, this is a very unusual topic for me. We’ve never really followed soccer, except to watch our kids play when they were small. It’s not really on our radar screen. And for many years, when we’d make an … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Odds and Ends
Tagged Brazil, Canada, football, France, internationalism, Iran, Korea, national pride, Senegal, soccer, sport, World Cup
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Our 15 favourite trips, time for an update
Four years ago I wrote a post that captured our 15 favourite trips of all times – at that time. It took us quite a while to come up with only 15, but we did it. As it turns out, … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Arctic, Argentina, best trips, Bhutan, Bolivia, botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Canadian Arctic, Chile, China, Falkland Islands, galapagos, grand canyon, Greece, Greenland, India, Italy, Morocco, Peru, photogrpahy, rafting, Russia, South Africa, South America, Soviet Union, travel, Uruguay, Vietnam
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There is so much more the Olympics could have taught us about Brazil
It’s now one week since the Rio Olympics wrapped up. There definitely has been a little bit of “what will we do now?” in our house. I don’t know about the rest of the world, but we enjoyed every minute … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends, Travel
Tagged Brazil, facts, geography, history, inspiration, Olympics, photography, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, travel, TV coverage
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The parade of nations: a brief moment of Olympic idealism
I fall for it every time. The Parade of Nations that is one of the main features of every Olympics Opening Ceremony never ceases to fill me with the sense that we human beings, for all our flaws, have the … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Brazil, Burundi, Canada, hope, Indonesia, inspiration, joy, Olympics, parade of nations, perseverance, Peru, pride, Tonga, training
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A virtual cruise around South America
One of the #10s on our 15 favourite trips list. Two years ago my husband and I joined two of our favourite couples and 2600 others for our first large-ship modern day cruise. We know many people for whom “cruising” … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Argentina, Brazil, Buenes Aires, Cape Horn, Chile, cruise, cruising, Falklands, Fortaleza, Montevideo, photography, Punta Arenasm Ushuaia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Santiago, South America, travel
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