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Summer vacation is typically associated with beaches, cruise ships, and road trips. For my mom, though, it’s a chance to go on a long-distance hike.She’s walked the Camino de Santiago — a network of pilgrimage routes across France, Portugal, and Spain, some of which are over 500 miles long —…

When I was younger, a friend invited me to move to Canada for six months to work as a waitress in Banff. I jumped at the opportunity, and within a couple of months, I’d resigned from my job in journalism, sold most of my worldly possessions, and said farewell to…