{"id":1987,"date":"2010-06-08T03:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T03:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2010-06-08T03:38:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T03:38:00","slug":"sailing-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2010\/06\/08\/sailing-away\/","title":{"rendered":"sailing away&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/__UOnyOrkWqs\/TA26VS2ggFI\/AAAAAAAAApE\/pyt2UxKMCUQ\/s1600\/victoria.htm\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/__UOnyOrkWqs\/TA26VS2ggFI\/AAAAAAAAApE\/pyt2UxKMCUQ\/s320\/victoria.htm\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday I sailed away from the United States and entered Canada.  This is my first trip to Canada that was more than a day-long jaunt or a layover.  I love the variety accents.  There were French-speaking teens surrounding me on my ferry ride.  The restaurants give me &#8220;evidence&#8221; rather than a credit card receipt. It is not cold here, but it did rain yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the best part of my travels is meeting several online friends in real life&#8211;I especially appreciate the &#8216;taxi&#8217; service from @leisurelyviking and @jcmeloni.&nbsp; Traveling tends to reaffirm the faith I have in the connectedness of our world, as well as the deep-down beauty of stranger-friends.<\/p>\n<p>I am here for an intensive summer workshop.&nbsp; I&#8217;d kind of forgotten what it feels like to be a student and take lecture notes.&nbsp; But it&#8217;s all coming back very quickly&#8230;And I love that my instructor&#8217;s recent research focuses on literary journeys through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/32064138@N04\/3008024980\/\">Lake District of northern England<\/a>.&nbsp; I am now scheming a jaunt to that region either before or after my conference in London next month.&nbsp; Such scenery.&nbsp; Such history.&nbsp; Such adventure!&nbsp; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>PS: This journey marks my first out-of-the-country trip on my own.&nbsp; Also, my first by-myself ferry ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I sailed away from the United States and entered Canada. 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