FLASHBACK: Nomad Adrift in Chiang Mai
A year ago, I was reeling. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Gordon Downie Jr had just died the night before, a legendary Canadian singer, frontman to The Tragically Hip. I was in the throes of jet lag, [...]
FLASHBACK: Shopping in Tirana
Tirana, Albania. Albania was one of the first places I went where I was really unsure about going. So many preconceptions. But my understanding was the private hospital was good and I worried I [...]
FLASHBACK: The Deluge in Zagreb
It’s been more than three years of nomadding now. Such a whirlwind of places and experiences and feelings. I thought it’d be nice to start a little thing: Flashbacks. First up? [...]
Notes From A Soupmaking Sunday in Sofia
It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, but not in Bulgaria. Still, being gainfully employed in Canada, I get a paid statutory holiday. Yay for money for nothing. (Insert Dire Straits playing in the [...]
The World Behind Nomad Eyes
A mottled grey sky hides an ambitious sun, peeking out here and there, revealing the proverbial silver linings to my nomad eyes. It’s cooler than usual here in Sofia, the end of a cold spell that [...]