Waypoints Global Spring 2018 - 13

L IF E S T Y L E
B e s t B rin g A lo n g - B a rra c u d a C a rry -o n
W h e n I lo o k fo r a n e w su itca se, I th o u g h t m y
n e e d s w e re sim p le u n til I w a s in tro d u ce d to
" Th e B a rra cu d a ."
If yo u th in k I e xa g g e ra te, I'm n o t. Im a g in e :
* a 3 6 0 -d e g re e e rg o n o m ic p ivo tin g h a n d le,
so m e th in g I h a ve n e ve r se e n b e fo re w ith a
su itca se
* o p e n im g th e zip p e r a t th e b a ck o f th e
h a n d le, a n d u n fo ld in g th e tra y to p o p yo u r
la p to p o n to . In a p a cke d a irp o rt, a n e xtra
sh e lf sp a ce is a lw a ys w e lco m e. D o n 't n e e d
to w o rk , sp re a d o u t yo u r lu n ch a n d p o p
yo u r co ffe e in to o n e o f th e tw o cu p h o ld e rs
* cra m m in g so m e w o rk in a t th e a irp o rt w ith a lo w b a tte ry, u n d o th e b a tte ry p a ck (a lre a d y ch a rg e d
a n d in clu d e d ) a n d ch a rg e yo u r la p to p o r yo u r p h o n e w h ile yo u w a it to b o a rd . Th e U S B ch a rg e rs
ch a rg e m o st p h o n e s 5 x o ve r, so yo u n e ve r n e e d to ru n lo w a g a in
* clo th sh o e b a g s a n d clo th la u n d ry b a g
* d ig ita l sca le s w ith a stra p to m a ke w e ig h in g th e ca se e a sie r th a n th o se w ith th e h o o k s
* a tra ck in g d e vice yja y ca n b e o rd e re d se p a ra te ly th a t yo u syn c w ith yo u r sm a rt p h o n e, p la ce it in
yo u r su itca se, a n d if yo u a rrive, b u t yo u r ca se d o e sn 't, it w ill b e a sn a p to fin d o u t w h e re it's g o n e
O n to p o f a ll o f th e p e rk s liste d , it's th e m o st a ttra ctive su itca se I h a ve e ve r se e n , a n d lo o k s so
fa b u lo u s, it w ill b e th e e n vy o f a ll th e o th e r su itca se s b e in g d ra g g e d th ro u g h a irp o rts.
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H o t S p o t - L e o n a rd 's Is la n d

Ta ke th e fe rry fro m P ira e u s (A th e n s' se a p o rt). F irst
th in g yo u n o tice is H yd ra 's g e o g ra p h y; it's a to w e rin g isla n d g u a rd in g th e so u th e n d o f th e G u lf
o f H yd ra in th e A e g e a n S e a . D o w n rig h t d ra m a tic.
Th e n yo u p u ll in to th is p o stca rd -w o rth y h a rb o u r a n d rig h t a w a y yo u u n d e rsta n d w h y a n e rstw h ile M o n tre a le r ch o se th is p la ce fo r h is
E u ro p e a n g e ta w a y.
W e lco m e to Le o n a rd 's Isla n d .
F irst q u e stio n I a sk - ju st cu rio u s, n o t re a lly a
fa n . " W h e re w a s Le o n a rd C o h e n 's h o u se ? "
S o m e o n e a n sw e rs va g u e ly, g e stu re s w ith a n a rm .
H a d a p la ce so m e w h e re w e st.
S e co n d th in g yo u n o tice : so u n d s yo u h e a r a n d
so u n d s yo u d o n 't.
N o ca r e n g in e s. Y o u h e a r th e rh yth m clip -clo p
o f h o o ve s o n a n cie n t co b b le sto n e s. Y o u se e, tie d
to a p o st n e xt to a re sta u ra n t b o a stin g ch a irs a n d
ta b le s u n d e rn e a th g ia n t u m b re lla s, th re e o r fo u r
d o n ke ys.
B e tw e e n th e se la n d m a rk s sh o p s a n d re sta u ra n ts fro n t a fle e t o f p ictu re sq u e fish in g b o a ts.
M a rch se a sid e p a th s, sw im in ce ru le a n w a te rs.
S ip a su n se t co ck ta il a t th e n e a rb y cliffsid e b a r.
H ike to th e m o u n ta in to p m o n a ste ry.
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S a v v y S o u v e n irs
- G e m s fro m A ro u n d th e W o rld
A cu ra te d co lle ctio n o f cu rio sitie s. A ju m b le o f
je w e lle ry. S h in y d istra ctio n s. A g lo b a l co lle ctio n o f
trin ke ts p icke d u p fro m e v e ry trip , jo u rn e y a n d
vo ya g e I h a ve b e e n o n in th e la st tw e n ty ye a rs.
Th e h a p p in e ss w h ile b u yin g is ca p tu re d in e ve ry
w e a rin g - a p e rfe ct w a y to re live m e m o ra b le m o m e n ts in S p a in , C yp ru s, Ita ly, K e n ya , E n g la n d ,
S co tla n d , th e C a rib b e a n , C u b a , th e N o rth w e st
P a ssa g e, th e G a la p a g o s Isla n d s a n d m a n y o th e r
ca p tiva tin g p la ce s. It is fittin g th a t th e w o rd " so u ve n ir" fro m th e Fre n ch is fo r a re m e m b ra n ce o r
m e m o ry.
A w o rld w id e re p re se n ta tio n o f so m a n y p la ce s
I h a ve b e e n is a ll ca p tu re d in th is jo y-fille d ju m b le
o f a je w e lle ry co lle ctio n , th a t co u ld n e ve r b e d u p lica te d , b u t ch e rish e d fo re ve r.

S a v v y S o u v e n irs - F ro m S e a to T a b le
- D a rtm o u th , N o v a S c o tia
Tid a l S a lt u se s th e ra w sa ltw a te r th a t w a sh e s u p
o n th e sh o re s o f N o va S co tia . Th e re 's n o th in g
u su a l a b o u t th is sa lt. Th is h a n d m a d e F le u r d e S e l
is a p e rfe ct a ll a ro u n d a d d itio n to a n y a lm o st a n y
re cip e. U se it fo r ju st a b o u t a n yth in g in w h ich yo u
w o u ld a d d re g u la r ta b le sa lt.
M a p le Tid a l S a lt - m a d e w ith Tid a l S a lt a n d
N o va S co tia m a p le syru p - is m y p e rso n a l
fa v o u rite ; it ca n b e u se d to sp ice u p a m a in
co u rse a n d lo ts o f d e sse rts. S h a ke it o n a b o w l o f
va n illa ice cre a m o r a d d it to yo u r la tte fo r a
sp e cia l m yste rio u s k ick .
O th e r fla vo u rs in clu d e : A n n a p o lis,C o ffe e, H o t
S a u ce, La v e n d e r, Lio n 's M a n e, a n d Lim e.
C u sto m ize d sa m p le rs o f 3 , 4 o r 5 a lso a va ila b le.
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S a v v y S o u v e n irs
- T ic T a c T o e - M a g d a le n Is la n d s, Q u e b e c
Little d id I k n o w w h e n m y tra ve llin g co m p a n io n
b e g g e d m e to ta ke so m e th in g h o m e fo r h e r
b e ca u se sh e co u ld n 't fit it in to h e r o w n lu g g a g e,
th a t I d isco ve re d th a t it w a s a g ift fo r m e.
D u rin g a re ce n t trip to th e M a g d a le n Isla n d s,
w e w e re to ld a b o u t a sh o p th a t so ld th in g s m a d e
o f lo ca l sa n d . I w a s ske p tica l, b u t b e in g th e g o o d
e g g I a m , I tru d g e d a lo n g w ith th e g a n g . W e ll, th e
m in u te I w a lke d th ro u g h th e d o o rs o f A rtisa n s d u
sa b le, I k n e w it w a s so m e w h e re v e ry sp e cia l.
M o re like a g a lle ry th a n a sh o p , I w a s tru ly
m e sm e rize d b y th e p ro ce ss a n d th e e cle ctic
a sso rtm e n t o f sa n d scu lp tu re s.
A s yo u m a y n o t k n o w , th e M a g d a le n Isla n d s
b o a sts m o re th a n 3 0 0 k m o f b e a ch . In 1 9 8 1 , th e
a rtistic d u o , N ico le G re g o ire a n d A lb e rt C u m m in g s
m a d e th e ir d re a m s co m e tru e - cre a tin g a
cra ft fro m th e isla n d s n a tu ra l m a te ria ls, w o rk in g
w ith th e ir h a n d s a n d o f e sta b lish in g re la tio n sh ip s
w ith visito rs.
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