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Category: Canada

  • On Being Ukrainian

    My recent travels through Asia have made me more aware of my heritage, both its traditions and language. But my Ukrainian cultural identity crisis all started with a Polish girl, was challenged by family and friends here in Canada, and then finally challenged by an old man in a Tim Horton’s in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Last…

  • The Thanksgiving Day… Chicken?

    I never thought that I’d kill a chicken. Sure, my Dad had talked about his days growing up on a farm: lopping the heads off and watching them run around the yard. These days, however, the chickens don’t run around because they’ll bruise their bodies! But kill a chicken I did, with an axe. It…

  • 48 cities. 16 countries.

    48 cities. 16 countries.

    London (England) Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice (Italy) Vienna (Austria) Prague (Czech Rep) Berlin (Germany) Amsterdam, Utretch, Rotterdam (Holland) Brussells (Belgium) Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Vancouver (Canada) Cheong Un, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Andong, Okpo, Daejeon, Jeonju, Kyongju, Boreyong, Seoul (South Korea) Kuala Lampur, Cameron Highlands, Georgetown, Perhentian Islands (Malaysia) Singapore (Singapore) Bangkok (and the beginning of my…

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