Jordan, Ontario: Where I'm from will always have a part of me

                     

                      

    

As I arrive in my new home of Chiang Mai, Thailand, I can't help but reflect on my past 6 weeks.  I was able to fly back to Canada and spend some much needed time enjoying all that is familiar:  being in the place I grew up and seeing the people I love.

I grew up in Jordan. No, not the country beside Israel (yes, I've been asked that before!), but a wine country village in the Niagara Penninsula of Southern Ontario.  Looking back, I realize just how lucky I was.  Though there is no grocery store or shopping mall in Jordan, there is a beauty that cannot be denied.  Coming back after travelling and living abroad, I found myself seeing this place in a new perspective.