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JUST THE FACTS
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HOMETOWN: Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
CURRENT CITY: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EDUCATION: Carleton University, Ottawa
DOESN’T TRAVEL WITHOUT: Earplugs
FAVOURITE COUNTRY: I am smitten with Britain
AWARDS: VisitBritain’s Best North American Newspaper story (2009)
MOVIE: Anything directed by Cameron Crowe
SONG: Holiday Road by Lindsay Buckingham (obviously)
CRUSHIN’ ON: Larry David
LIKES: Musical montages in films, Mac Computers, Bill Bryson, quirky hotels, Marmite
DISLIKES: Incomprehensible shower dials, second degree burns
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TRAVEL PHILOSOPHY:
I miss childhood.
Santa still existed. A Mr. Freeze could make an entire day. And there were really cool lunchboxes.
But furthermore, have you ever witnessed a kid get wide-eyed over a bug, a puddle, or dust hovering in a stream of sunlight and think to yourself: "wow, how did I go from being THAT lively creature to a cynical grump who needs a bottle of red wine and a Jude Law movie to even get a pulse happening?"
I guess that's why I love to travel, because it takes me back to that state of wonder when every sight, taste and smell (good, bad, fish market in the sun, etc) is a feast for the imagination.
Sometimes repetition tugs at us like a heavy, relentless anchor. And we might wonder whether our mental playroom is empty now.
Heck, no!
Just ask the kid you used to be. You can find him or her OUT THERE.