Cultural stories, food, festivities have always been part of my family life.  I’ve never known anything different.  But the first time I had a chance to meet kids, my own age, from multiple countries and continents, all in one space, was when I started volunteering with a local non-profit refugee resettlement agency.  As part of their services, the non-profit organized quarterly social gatherings where volunteers and refugee families brought food and assembled together under one roof to share a meal and some conversation.  Over time, I got to know kids from countries in Africa, the Middle East and Central America…. countries that I had never heard of or known existed.  Learning about these countries, their people, their culture, their ways of living, their beliefs gave me a whole different perspective that I never had before. And I thought… if I didn’t know much about these cultures from around the world and enjoyed learning about them, then why not keep doing it and share what I have learnt. I am sure there must be other people curios about similar things and might find it interesting to go on this journey of exploration with me.  So, come on over and let’s find out about a different country each week (or maybe every two weeks… haha.  I don’t want to over commit! 😊)