Author: angela7marino
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Hindsight / 2020
2020 man. I actually mean hindsight being 2020, as well as the year. What I have learned and experienced this year by living in Australia instead of America has literally changed my entire pandemic experience. I had always planned to start my second working holiday visa at the beginning of this year. I landed in…
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Thankful
Thanksgiving abroad is a fun thing. Everyone around the world is familiar with the stereotypes because of all the movies and tv shows that highlight it. But they know basically nothing else about it. I’ve had my last three Thanksgiving abroad and each of them was unique, special, and a bit hilarious. This year I…
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Why I Run
When I moved to Australia in August 2018, I arrived the same day as the world’s largest fun run was taking place in Sydney. Jet lagged and following some new friends to a bbq I was overwhelmed by the party atmosphere that overflowed in Bondi. There was an epic festival on the beach, the whole…
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We, the People
Anyone can tell you what is legal and what is culturally accepted are two different things. Weed and alcohol are two easy examples. Both are illegal in certain places and with certain groups of people but culturally it is accepted. Some people follow the rules, others break them, some people are held accountable and charged…
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The Forgotten Capital of Australia
Australia’s capital city is not any of the places you would likely guess. It is a small city of less than a million in the state know as ACT, Australian Capital Territory. Canberra, pronounced Canbra by the Aussies, sits in this incredible valley surrounded by mountain ranges. It is about 3 hours from Sydney and…
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