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    Hiking Monte Cucco: I Am Not Athletic Enough

    January 31, 2016 by

    Before we get started I want you to take a look at this picture.  It’s me, on the day I (tried to) hike up Monte Cucco. This trip to Italy found me fresh out of a two year desk job, programming e-learning software.  Not a physically demanding job, not one where I found myself working… Read more

  • Do Not Be Alarmed! Venice Floods!

    January 28, 2016 by

    As I was sitting on the train heading to Venice I was researching what I might do when I arrived.  This is how I stumbled upon a news article that literally left me in a panic.  I’m not kidding, I even had to call my mom.  What was in this news article that had me… Read more

  • How to do Lunch Wrong in Carcassonne!

    December 11, 2015 by

    Sometimes you just gotta eat! I get that different countries and cultures do things different ways… but I got an awful lot of strange looks and comments when I tried to order a starter and a main course in Carcassonne, France for lunch.  Oh well, I was starving, what can I say?  I hadn’t been… Read more

  • Gladiators use Cellphones??

    October 16, 2015 by

    Wait, what?  Gladiators existed way earlier in history than cellphones.  So how could the two possibly interact?  Check out my very first Morgan On The Map video on YouTube to find out!    

  • Walking Under the Sea at Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto!

    August 11, 2015 by

    Jellyfish have got to be my new favourite thing.  They are so cute and small, or big and alien looking!  After a trip through Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto, Canada, you’ll probably love jellyfish too.  Jellyfish, and sharks, and eels, and clown fish, and turtles, and rays and, and, and… this place is massive! There are so… Read more

  • Visiting the Toronto Zoo

    July 2, 2015 by

    My family and I recently took a trip to Toronto, which was great since we haven’t taken a family trip in ages!  Or it was great, until we had to spend 14 hours together in a small pick-up truck to drive home… then things got a bit dicey.  But that’s not the point of this… Read more

  • A Celebration of Stinky Breath at Bern’s Onion Festival

    March 10, 2015 by

    The Onion Festival (Zibelemärit) that is held once a year in Bern, Switzerland isn’t all about stinky breath, though from the wares on sale at this festival celebrating the onion you could easily make the mistake of thinking that it was!  The festival is also known as the Onion Market, and is one of the strangest… Read more

  • Top 6 Things To Do In Paris

    November 1, 2014 by

    There’s so much to see and do in Paris that it can be hard for a traveler to know where to start.  You have to decide what types of things interest you, how far you want to travel within the city, and how much time you want to spend indoors or outdoors.  So, if you… Read more

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