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Why Can’t Christmas be in February?
Every year Christmas comes and goes and I always say the same thing – why does it have to be in December? Whose bright idea was it to put the end of the calendar year and the most demanding social holiday within a week of each other? I should get that guy’s (or girl’s – we can’t be sexist!) number and give him/her a piece of my mind for really messing it up when it came to spacing out important events. How are you supposed to cram everything in you want to in such a short period of time? Seeing everyone and buying everything to the point of…
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Winter = Cold and Grumpy Annie
Tis the season to be grumpy Blah-lah-lah-lah-lah Blah Blah Blah Blah As you may or may not be able to tell, I’m not the biggest fan of the cold… which is kind of a problem when you consider I live in Canada. Christmas is fabulous, New Years is, well, it’s hit or miss for me – it’s just the rest of the season that makes me want to crawl into bed and never get out of that sweet delicious warmth. For those of you who live in a warm and sunny climate, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about. There’s this weird thing that happens…
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Getting Away for Christmas
I really think I need to get away for Christmas. This year was even more exhausting than usual (I’ll spare you the details but suffice it to say… there are members of my family that I’d like to take an icicle to their face), making me reconsider how I spend this time of year. Seriously… I need to change it up! I’ve been thinking about this for a while so it’s not just some spur of the moment flake-out thing. Every year the same things happens: I go to my family’s place, we talk about our lives, we open presents, get fat and then they start asking when I’m…
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Voltage HATE
So… apparently electronics made in one country don’t always work in another? I had to find this out the hard and annoying way because while I don’t claim to know everything or be the best at electronics (ha – best), I thought certain appliances were just meant to travel. Why else would you get a “travel” anything? It’s almost like the people who make them have never actually tried them out? Okay that’s not fair – a lot of it is just my own stupidity, I will admit that. But some of it is just a frustrating part of travelling that others I have talked to agree with.…
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Teaching English in Europe!
Everyone seems to know someone who has taught English overseas – there are so many places to go! While the latest thing is to go to Asia, don’t forget about Europe – many countries there speak languages other than English and if you’re a native speaker you can have a fabulously amazing time working and travelling. When your decide to spend a year in Europe (or longer!), where to start and go seem endless and overwhelming – where do you look for reliable information and what do you need to know? Try starting here:
