A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer

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She/her. Montrealer. Full-time freelance content creator, blogger and translator (French to English/ English to French). Currently working on several manuscripts about the life of composer Violet Archer (my great aunt).

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  • Montreal Jazz festival: dancing in the streets with the Lemon Bucket Orkestra

    A month ago while listening to the radio, I heard a beautiful song. Once it was over, the host mentioned the name of the band: Lemon Bucket Orkestra. I quickly bought their album and was hooked, so when I saw that they were playing at the Montreal Jazz Festival this year, I was really happy!…

  • Photos of beautiful Cappadocia: discovering the landscapes that belong on another planet

    Cappadocia is one of Turkey’s most visited regions and with good reason: the whole region’s topography was  formed through thousands of years of erosion on the soft stone hills, thus creating unique landscapes that seem like they belong on the moon rather than on this planet. We spent  three full days over there and could easily have filled…

  • Culinary backstreets: Eating our way around the markets of Istanbul

    There are many great things about Turkey but one of the biggest highlights is the food. Turkish cuisine is fresh and full of vegetables, spices, perfectly cooked meat and excellent fish. It can be tasty and quite healthy (though people with a sweet tooth and/or an appetite for all things greasy will find many things…

  • Turkey 2014: getting lost in the lively Istanbul

    It’s already been 3 weeks since our plane landed at Dorval airport, after a long journey leaving from Istanbul (with a 6h layover in Amsterdam). We spent 3 weeks discovering the beautiful and fascinating country of Turkey. Our first and last stop in Turkey was Istanbul, a city that I had already fallen in love…

  • Back to Turkey

    Like the title says, I’m finally going back to Turkey. In two days I’ll be on my way to Amsterdam where my mother, brother and I will spend 3 days. Afterwards, we are heading to Istanbul, our first stop of a 19 day journey through western Turkey. I’ll be using this blog once in a…