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A gender neutral washroom is nothing to write home about
And yet, I’m writing this post. Sweet irony. A few months ago, gender neutral washrooms made the news in the US of A. I recall being...
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Saskia Duré
Sep 9, 20165 min read
Discovering (the real) Morocco
I was in Morocco for twelve days to celebrate my twenty-six birthday and while I do like being the life of the party I did want to...
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aymexume
Sep 7, 20163 min read
A weekend in Montréal aka the birthday post
It’s my birthday today. This year, the plan was to keep things low key. But I headed to Montréal over the long weekend. Needless to say...
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aymexume
Aug 25, 20163 min read
La famille élargie haïtienne ou l’ancêtre de Airbnb
Avant les sites Web comme Airbnb et Home Away, il y avait la famille élargie haïtienne, qui comprend entre autres les cousins, les...
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aymexume
Aug 24, 20163 min read
A traveler’s take on #LochteGate
The Olympics are over, and I’m sad. I actually miss following the events and reading about the athletes. The tradition started in 1988...
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Leyla Chéry
Aug 17, 20162 min read
A little reflection on the virtues of a summer holiday in Haiti
My children have been to Haiti five times already but why do we keep going there? Our country, Haiti, is badly managed, dispiriting but...
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aymexume
Aug 5, 20164 min read
Five things you must do when in Paris
Whether you want to embark on a solo trip, hang out with friends or plan a romantic getaway, Paris is a destination of choice. The...
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aymexume
Jul 23, 20163 min read
The Lebanese Festival (at Saint Elias) in Ottawa is the bomb!
A very good friend of ours is of Lebanese descent (let’s call him Friend, in this piece). He speaks Arabic—with an accent, he says—and is...
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aymexume
Jul 18, 20165 min read
Voyager léger: quelques trucs
Pour répondre à la question d’une lectrice curieuse de savoir, d’une part, ce que j’emmenais avec moi et, d’autre part, ce que pouvait...
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aymexume
Jul 16, 20164 min read
When tourists become the attraction
We travel to discover, learn and be amazed. In a foreign land, the mundane becomes awesome, every experience is heightened. We do things...
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aymexume
Jul 15, 20163 min read
Sea, sun and…scuba
Traveling is about getting out of your comfort zone and experiencing new things. And that’s exactly what I did in May 2016—well, partly....
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aymexume
Jun 30, 20163 min read
That time when speaking 3.5 languages was of no use (A quick guide to surviving in Seoul)
Most travelers will tell you that they sometimes feel vulnerable in a foreign land. Not speaking a word of the local language multiplies...
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aymexume
Jun 30, 20163 min read
Terreur et tourisme
Le triple attentat à l’aéroport Atatürk (Istanbul, Turkie) s’ajoute à la longue liste d’actes meurtriers qui font la une ces derniers...
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aymexume
Jun 15, 20164 min read
Cuban cuisine: the good, the bad and the (very) ugly
Tasting some authentic Cuban food was at the top of my list during my trip there last May. My mission: 1) compare Cuban cuisine to...
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aymexume
May 4, 20162 min read
That time I ate alligator balls
We drove down to New Orleans from Atlanta as part of a—rather hilarious and eventful—road trip through four southern states. We arrived...
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aymexume
Apr 20, 20163 min read
Buenos Aires : le top 6
Buenos Aires m’a séduite. Je suis tout simplement tombée sous son charme. L’architecture, l’énergie, la bouffe. Tout pour plaire....
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aymexume
Apr 12, 20162 min read
Cadillac, Che, Camaguey, Cuba
Jour J – 24 Aller à Cuba, c’est réaliser un de mes rêves les plus chers. Y aller avant que l’Amérique ne débarque est la cerise sur le...
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aymexume
Apr 5, 20163 min read
Shots in the City
Once or twice a year, my husband and his boys (aka Baz), along with their spouses, get together for a weekend of fun. These get-togethers...
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aymexume
Mar 23, 20162 min read
Milonga, ou comment devenir Porteño en une soirée
De notre voyage en Argentine, nous nous attendions à trois choses : laisser libre court à notre passion du foot (la mienne un peu moins...
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aymexume
Mar 19, 20163 min read
Immigrer au Canada : 5 choses qui m’ont surprise
Avant d’immigrer au Canada en 2005, j’ai tenté d’obtenir le plus d’information possible. Je savais que changer de région géographique,...
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