Brooke Geery

Despite cries from the plebeians that my "whole life is a vacation," sometimes I feel the need to actually get away from the Internet. But since the 'net is global, this can be a challenge. This year, I figured out the perfect destination. Newfoundland. It's closer than Europe, but they still have funny accents, and most importantly, international data ain't cheap, so my phone was more like a wifi-enabled camera. But when anyone found out we'd come all the way from Portland, they asked the same question - why here? And I guess it was a bit of an odd choice, seeing as we didn't know anyone, or really anything about the place. But after six days I…