Trip confirmed! As previously mentioned, I wanted to book at least one more behemoth trip before Aeroplan reduced the number of stopovers from two to one. Over the course of a month, I scribbled objectives on a notebook until I eventually arrived at the following: Leisurely explore Portugal and Spain. Warm weather, good food, cheap …
I spent most of last week in Tennessee, the state with too many double letters and the title of a great film score by Hans Zimmer (which I am listening to while writing this), with about 30 guys in a large house we rented for the purpose. On Tuesday, I woke up bright and early …
George Bernard Shaw supposedly claimed to have built an international reputation by thinking a mere once or twice a week, so I’ve tried to do the same. There’s not much else to do on the subway anyway. On occasion – while thinking, an idea would appear. For the longest time, I would admire it in …
Last summer, I kicked off a year of flânerie by spending 155K Aeroplan miles on a trip around the world. Recently, Air Canada announced that it was planning to reduce the number of allowed stopovers on Aeroplan flight rewards from two to one. A devaluation was to be expected after news of the latter’s acquisition …