aymexume
Diary of a traveller who doesn't like flying
Doesn't like is an understatement. I am scared of 1) being in the air, and 2) having absolutely no control over the vessel transporting...
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aymexume
- Mar 22, 2018
- 4 min
Here’s what we’ve learned from 4 years of (relatively) frequent travelling
Learning from the mistakes we made during our first big trip, from how we budget for meals to searching for free activities.
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aymexume
- Mar 12, 2018
- 2 min
Fellow travellers can we stop saying we're collecting stamps?
"While others are doing XYZ, I'm collecting stamps." Ugh. I don't think another expression annoys me more than this one. Not only does...
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aymexume
- Mar 10, 2018
- 4 min
Why I think everyone of Haitian descent should go to Haiti at least once
A while back, I met a young Haitian-Canadian woman (born and raised in Canada) who told me that I was lucky to have been born and raised...
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aymexume
- Mar 2, 2018
- 2 min
Un lundi après-midi à Little Haiti
Le long de la NW 54 St, les églises évangéliques pullulent. Bethany Baptist Church. Église de Dieu Indépendante. Certaines affichent le...
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aymexume
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
Travel blogging and the terrible twos
Pieds Poudrés is 2 years old! And like any other toddler, she’s affirming her personality. She’s feisty and throws tantrums. But she’s...
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aymexume
- Feb 15, 2018
- 3 min
Ma sœur élève la nouvelle génération de pye poudre
Les Douyon de Port-Salut sont des pye poudre. Le goût de l’aventure et des voyages se transmet d’une génération à l’autre. Ma sœur et moi...
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aymexume
- Jan 30, 2018
- 4 min
#FoodTalk: Let's talk about Greek food
Upon my return from Greece, the first question Hubs asked was "how was the food?". I named our favourite Greek restaurant in Ottawa and...
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aymexume
- Jan 25, 2018
- 4 min
Big hair, don’t care: my hair care routine when I’m travelling
Let’s talk about hair. Or rather, let’s talk about how I don’t let hair care come between me and my travels. When it comes to hair care,...
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aymexume
- Nov 21, 2017
- 2 min
I 💓 Vermont
Hubs and I love weekend getaways. They are short and sweet. Our favourite spot is in Lower Waterford, Vermont. Do you watch Scandal? If...
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aymexume
- Oct 29, 2017
- 4 min
Blackouts and other things I will fail to mention (because I'm a childless Haitian woman who liv
Beware of the travel blogger who says they'll tell you all there is to know about a place. It's nearly impossible to do so. Here's why....
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aymexume
- Oct 27, 2017
- 5 min
Pieds Poudrés goes to Spain: The Madrid Diaries
I hope you are OK with me blogging about each city separately instead of writing a longer post about my entire stay in Spain. This will...
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aymexume
- Oct 27, 2017
- 2 min
Is Lebanon on your list? Here are 3 reasons why it should.
History. Food. Beauty. End of post. Just kidding. Not 1, not 2, but at least 17 civilizations Lebanon sits at the crossroads between...
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aymexume
- Oct 26, 2017
- 2 min
De politique et de foot
Vouloir séparer la politique du sport est, à mon avis, un moyen de faire taire des athlètes que des millions de personnes connaissent,...
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aymexume
- Oct 26, 2017
- 4 min
Laissez-moi vous parler de mon expérience au Liban
L’histoire a commencé cet été lorsque notre ami Bassam s’est rendu sur la terre natale de ses parents, le Liban, pour la première fois....
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aymexume
- Oct 20, 2017
- 1 min
Cause of death: good food
In Haiti, we have a saying: sa w renmen se li ki touye w. Loose translation: what you love will kill you. In my case, it'll be good food....
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aymexume
- Oct 16, 2017
- 2 min
How I ended up in Lebanon: it was a conspiracy
Lebanon had moved up the list this summer when my friend Bassam flooded my timeline with beautiful pictures from his first visit there. ...
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aymexume
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2 min
Every trip is like the first one
Butterflies in my stomach. Hundreds of thoughts in my mind. Going through my mental checklist for the nth time. Did I turn off the...
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aymexume
- Oct 7, 2017
- 2 min
Finding the time to travel
Last year in Spring, I was away for 3 weeks on a mini world tour with friends. In December, I spent 10 days in Haiti. This year, I...
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aymexume
- Oct 6, 2017
- 3 min
Cinq trucs pour un trip de foot réussi
Je me rends en Espagne pour la première fois dans quelques jours pour un trip de foot. À l’honneur : le ballon rond. La priorité du...
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