Nomad in North America: The Calm of Atlantic Canada

Mai Mislang
5 min readAug 26, 2019

I could still remember the rough sketch. I would have 17 days to kill in between two career-related events in the US. One was happening in May, and the other one in June. Where might be a good place to chill? I did not have to think too hard and long.

I flew in from Boston to Moncton to launch my great Canadian adventure. The Raptors were trying to win their first championship, and I love sports, so it was a good time to travel. But the best part was knowing a human being who lived in these parts. I have never heard of Moncton before, and…

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Mai Mislang

Former presidential speechwriter, still a musician; owns a bakery, loves her dog. Tries to write more prose than poetry. Filipina from Manila.