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episode 16: 'Work Away' - Can I Get a Yay? Or a Nay?
The Nostalgic Vagabond Zooms-in to a fringe-less, deserted Edinburgh-in-lockdown to catch up with an Edinburgh local lad and old hostel dorm mate, Rory Macleod.
Rory and Allan met in room 6 at the Canadiana Inn, an awesome backpackers hostel in Toronto, as one of the coldest winters in years approached towards the end of 2013. (And may she, along with her warm wooden fixtures rest in peace...)
Rory travelled to Canada, like many seem to do, on one of those young person's Working Holiday Visa programs but this idea, in the beginning, didn't quite make sense to Rory.
What is a working holiday anyway?
In this episode, Allan reflects on shared experiences with Rory in Canada. The conversation moves with curiosity to one idea of what a working holiday can be, depicted through Rory's colourful experiences which started in Calgary but then went rural with farming (WWOOF / Work Away) experiences in the prairies. He eventually ended up, after various jaunts in the USA, working in downtown Toronto as a "gangsta" burger creator.
And his time there was so enjoyable, chilled out and relaxing, it was almost like a holiday.
Rory has some great anecdotes from this trip...
Additional website information:
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOFING) - https://wwoof.net/
WORK AWAY - https://www.workaway.info/
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