I’m far from a well-traveled person. I’ve been only to a handful of states in my home country of the US, and have been, before my exodus to Italy, to a total of 4 countries; all of which reside very close to the US. But over the course of many months, my parents would plan …
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59:55 59:54 59:53 59:52 I started reading through the first question, which was already worth 19 out of the total 100 points. Bonding Orbitals are HIGHER/LOWER in energy compared to antibonding orbitals. What the hell is an antibonding orbital? I thought to myself. For a moment, I assumed someone might have mentioned it in …
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The Best Offer I’ve Gotten in High School I’ve written a lot of articles on this blog. When I started writing this, I had 69 of them live on Inside A Wandering Mind. (Correction from future me as I edit this much later: 74 now.) That’s a lot of articles, and there’s a lot of …
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We have one day in Toronto. Just twelve hours or so of sunlight to see all the city has to offer before moving on to our final destination, Niagara Falls, the next day. It wasn’t much time, but enough if used right. Which, to be honest, we didn’t even do at first. It’s kind of …
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Let me just start by saying that a single night in Ottawa was definitely not nearly enough to get a feel for the city. That night in the Canadian Parliament was memorable, but it was only scratching the surface of what we could’ve done if we had more time. I definitely need to come back …
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Ottawa: known for being the capital of Canada, the birthplace of Justin Trudeau, the seventh coldest world capital, as well as sixth world capital I’ve ever visited in my life. (SIX SEVEN.) That’s where we were headed for the fourth day of CANEDA; coming up today was a two-hour drive through Quebec into the famous …
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As it turns out, The Underground City is not the crazy subterranean fantasy-land you’re probably imagining in your head when you think of an “Underground City.” In fact, a lot of it isn’t even subterranean, but it is definitely something worth checking out. It’s got miles and miles of commercial zones, hundreds of restaurants and …
CANEDA, Part 6 – Exploring Montreal’s Greatest Attractions!!! Read More »
Well, it’s called “CANEDA” for a reason, and the “New England” phase of this trip is officially over. The CANADA phase of this trip was about to begin, and with it, dozens of interesting experiences were on the way. Montreal, as it turned out, was still pretty far from the border with Canada. After …
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There would be one more stop in New Hampshire before we started our three hours in Vermont. Near the border where we crossed was a small town called Hanover, home of a well-known college called Dartmouth, which is part of the exclusive Ivy League Group and is very unique for its location in the …
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I’ll be honest— the night before I thought we were completely done with Boston; we’d seen the Boston Common, two of its most prestigious universities (Harvard and MIT, both of which are globally renowned), and the frighteningly vast skyline that towered over the New England coast. Turns out that before we left to head to …
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