Competing in these festivals afforded Paul the opportunity to travel internationally at a young age, helping to ignite his lifelong interest in seeing as much of the world as he could. His travels brought him to Saskatchewan and Manitoba for lessons, and Ireland for competitions. From there, Paul and his parents visited his mother’s family in Ostfriensland, Germany, which is still one of his favorite places to travel to this day. He looks back fondly on his time in Italy as that’s where he met his wife, and Ukraine, as that is where his wife is originally from. He went back and forth from the States to Ukraine six times in one year in order to see her! Paul has also taken his children to London, and hopes to cross more countries off his list in the future. In particular he wants to visit Greece, India, and Mexico. Ideally, he’d even like to live part-time in the Caribbean once his children are older, and go back to the French countryside at the next possible chance.