plam's travel philosophy
22 May 2022
[Written March 2020. But it hasn’t been the best time to travel, so I’ve been waiting for a better moment. Now’s still not ideal, but maybe better.]
SE student Rachel asked me for travel suggestions. That’s a pretty broad topic; digging deeper, I learned that the question was about cultural experiences and going beyond sightseeing on family vacations. I’ll write about some of my best travel experiences so far. There is going to have to be flexing. Otherwise the answer would be generic and boring.
Three full days in Yellowknife
7 May 2022
Checking off another territory from my Canada list; brief visit to Yellowknife (NWT) and successful aurora spotting.
April: between Winter and Spring; more travels
1 May 2022
End of term. Still avoiding COVID. Getting out of Waterloo while there is no teaching: travels to Yellowknife and New Zealand.
March: first and last full month of teaching in Winter 2022, and some trips
1 Apr 2022
People are pretending it’s back to normal, but the sixth wave has started in Quebec.
24 Hours in Saskatchewan
26 Mar 2022
Saskatchewan is surprisingly scenic. About giant eggs and porcupines (in Alberta), another Blue Mountain, aurora borealis, and just one ditch.
February: with short escapes to Quebec
1 Mar 2022
Back to normal? Well, maybe, except that there are still a lot of cases out there.
Warm lights in the Airbnb bedroom FTW
20 Feb 2022
Sometimes I’m ridiculous. Tales of swapping light bulbs.
January: a whole month in K-W
1 Feb 2022
Hey, I have a place of my own in Waterloo. Back to (virtual) school.
New Zealand Restaurants
24 Jan 2022
I looked up two years’ of dining history and collected all the New Zealand restaurants I thought were worth mentioning.
December: back in Canada and not loving it
3 Jan 2022
Last monthly summary from 2021. Homeless during a pandemic, but fortunate enough that it’s just a small inconvenience.
