Well folks! What’s first to decide is whether you’d like to island hop or live onboard a boat for some days, or a mixture! The Galapagos are a magical, wondrous, archipelago. Unique to anywhere else in the world with a few endemic species that have been a curious fascination for researchers and explorers for hundreds … More Wonders of the Galapagos
Chicken tacos al pastor! When in Germany and you get a care package from family in Canada that includes corn tortillas, something delicious is about to happen. … More My Tiny Kitchen IV: Intersecting Culinary Delights
Next time you are outside Pause Look up, look down, look around What do you see? Smell? Feel? This is part of the practice of a dérive. Experience the world in a different way, spend some time doing so to become aware of this. When you engage in a dérive, you are engaging with the … More Let’s have a Captain Cook: slow down and look around
A beautiful poem (German and English) from a wonderful German woman. … More Poetic Tribute: 75 Years After WWII
Panic buying? Questioning why? Love German words? It’s Hamsterkauf time! … More Times of the Hamsterkauf
It’s time! Another MTK (My Tiny Kitchen) Living and cooking in Germany I realized the other day that I haven’t written about my tiny kitchen in months! Often, I take pictures while I’m cooking or baking in my kitchen – of really tasty food and new recipes, or of some old favourites (hello nachoes!). Christmas … More My Tiny Kitchen Part III: Cooking Appliances in Germany
What makes a person smile? Do they ever initiate a smile with a stranger? Seeing couples just after their nuptials makes me very happy. I feel the joy and love that they are emanating. … More Cultural Celebrations: What makes you smile
Learning a language has ups-and-downs, including humorous experiences with colloquialisms. … More Colloquial Mishaps in German
Swimming, boating, and eating. The essentials of visiting a beautiful, tropical island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. … More The Island Paradise of Madeira – Part I
The buds have been blossoming, the trees, becoming vibrant and vividly green, once again. The birds sing louder than what could be heard during the grey months of Winter in Germany. It’s been one year since moving to Germany from Canada. This is the second semester I have had the opportunity to teach at two … More The Five Senses: Reflections
Sights to be Found 