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The reverse culture shock when visiting Canada sometimes surprises me. My brother and I went for an espresso in a small coffee shop in Almonte. My brother ordered at the counter and asked what I’d like in it. ‘Nothing,’ I replied, ‘I take it black.’ The sales clerk was taken by my answer and asked [...]

Last year I bought a pair of Atlas 825 Snowshoes after trying an older version of the shoe. I enjoy hiking with these snowshoes but I’m having frustration with the bindings. On each shoe are two rivets that fasten the binding to the frame. Last year a rivet popped off and it took the store [...]

The Swiss Public Railway (SBB CFF FFS) recently banned smoking on all public trains. This is a positive development in Switzerland and hopefully more rules and laws will be passed to ban smoking in public areas. These smoking bans are a start, but I also believe that Switzerland needs to target youth with a stronger [...]

Winter is here and I couldn’t be happier. No more of this cold and wet between season. Last week we had more snowfall and this got me excited about snowshoeing. Today we did a tour starting from the small village of Libingen in the Toggenburg area of St. Gallen. The trail went up a small [...]