DanRN’s Adventures

Tangiers is such a stark contrast to Casablanca - cleaner and more beautiful with much better preserved old city centre. I was expecting...

Casablanca! Sorry…I had to. Here we are in the storied port of Academy Award fame, but in a different time. A densely populated and...

If one came to these islands for the birds they would be sorely disappointed. Apparently, the name may be derived from the Latin term...

The next phase of our vacation currently underway features our floating hotel, the Celebrity Infinity, as we cruise from Barcelona to the...

Finally, a chance to finish off my highlights on Brazil…the tardiness in completing this blog series can only be attributed to the forces...

Until coming to Barcelona, Rome was my most favourite city in the world to visit – now the “Eternal City” has a serious rival. My...

What a difference a 3-hour train ride makes! One cannot imagine a more stark contrast between two cities in a country - the staid, more...

Damsel in dis dress. Here it is Sunday, December 29, already and the time in Madrid has zoomed by so quickly. Kind of like what the...

The few Brazilians I had met prior to my grand adventure were incredibly warm and friendly people - they were usually dynamic, fun, kind,...

After a lengthy hiatus (I got trapped in the hamster wheel of academia), I am back to reflecting on my Brazilian adventure and finishing...

It is not a coincidence that I start posting blogs on my experiences, observations, and perspectives on my career in nursing today - it...

There is a lot to be said about switching up one’s milieu to get a different perspective on life. A change in physical environment is one...

Now that I have been back in Canada a week and been adjusting to the weather, the environment, and civilization, as we know it here, I...

GA 111 (23 Mar 2024) - It is hard to believe that the grand adventure has come to an end already. For me the time passed in a blur...

The past weeks have been even more of a whirlwind than the previous ones given all the work that has been piling up for me. In...

GA 106 (17 Mar 2024) - Time has flown by these past two weeks. With so much prep work for the grounded theory classes at UFSC in...

GA Day 88 (Feb 28, 2024). Time continues to move quickly by as work piles up, presentation deadlines become real, and more opportunities...

GA Day 89 (Feb 29, 2024). In celebration of Leap Day, I am posting this blog ahead of the other one in the queue...yes, I am lagging!...

GA Day 78 (Feb 18, 2024). One of the things I was a bit ambivalent about in coming to Brazil was adjusting to eating and customs around...

GA Days 70-76 (Feb 10 - 16, 2024). Looking back on my posts I have shared a lot about my experiences of being in Brazil, but have not...