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The Sensory Experienes of Northern Spain

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The Sensory Experienes of Northern Spain

The melodic sound of bells is one of the lasting memories of my recent trip to Northern Spain. Bells from ...

The melodic sound of bells is one of the lasting memories of my recent trip to Northern Spain. Bells from the townhall to mark the time of day, church bells to alert the devout, and the constant, dist ...

October 01, 2019
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Train Characters in Transylvania

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Train Characters in Transylvania

We were travelling from Budapest to Istanbul by train and it wasn’t just the scenery that was getting bet ...

We were travelling from Budapest to Istanbul by train and it wasn’t just the scenery that was getting better. By Transylvania, scenes of pocket-sized farms carved into dense forested hillsides were be ...

June 01, 2019
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Reboot – March 2019

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Reboot – March 2019

DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian archi ...

DR. FIORENZA ALBERT-HOWARD, a native of Rome who is descended from a long line of prominent Italian architects and engineers, was a pioneer in her fields of civic and computer engineering. “I was the ...

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Strutting Around Stockholm

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Strutting Around Stockholm

Pretty panoramas of Stockholm aren’t hard to find. We could hop on SkyView, a breathtaking gondola that t ...

Pretty panoramas of Stockholm aren’t hard to find. We could hop on SkyView, a breathtaking gondola that transports us to the roof of Ericsson Globe, the largest spherical building in the world. Or bus ...

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Czech Republic: The Relativity of Time

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Czech Republic: The Relativity of Time

As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as ...

As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as my reference point for “old.” Like 1534, when Jacques Cartier sailed across the Atlantic into t ...

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Germany’s Christmas Markets 2019

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Germany’s Christmas Markets 2019

Europe in December is something to behold. Having visited the Christmas markets in Germany a couple years ...

Europe in December is something to behold. Having visited the Christmas markets in Germany a couple years ago, I was eager to return. My latest visit took me to Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Munich and Regens ...

January 31, 2019
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Hike or Bike by Day, Cruise by Night

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Hike or Bike by Day, Cruise by Night

Peering down at the blue Danube from atop Budapest’s muscular Buda Castle, a World Heritage Site, I knew ...

Peering down at the blue Danube from atop Budapest’s muscular Buda Castle, a World Heritage Site, I knew this river cruise would be a superior experience to the last one I’d taken on the Rhine, Europe ...

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Cruise Offers Insight Into Russian Culture

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Cruise Offers Insight Into Russian Culture

I am often asked what I liked best about a trip when I return home. Invariably I say the people. Most of ...

I am often asked what I liked best about a trip when I return home. Invariably I say the people. Most of the world’s population has the same priorities as I do: taking care of their families, cultivat ...

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Reboot September 2018

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Reboot September 2018

JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 succes ...

JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 successful years as a jazz performer in Germany and Spain’s luxury hotels. The vivacious musician say ...

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Eat, Drink, Travel

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Eat, Drink, Travel

Meal by meal, spice by spice, sip by sip, nothing is so satisfying as exploring a country through your ta ...

Meal by meal, spice by spice, sip by sip, nothing is so satisfying as exploring a country through your taste buds. From the exotic spice markets of the Middle East and Asia to the bustling cafes of Pa ...

August 31, 2018
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Travel is Transformative

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Travel is Transformative

Very few things in life have the power to change your perspective like travel does. There’s something abo ...

Very few things in life have the power to change your perspective like travel does. There’s something about opening yourself up to a new destination that spurs the Universe into giving you thoughts, f ...

August 02, 2018
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Find Your Travel Style

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|Date: April 26, 2018
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Find Your Travel Style

When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. ...

When asked what they’d like to do, most people over the age of 55 will tell you they want to travel more. As someone who worked during high school so I could study and travel throughout Europe upon gr ...

April 26, 2018
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Ignite Your Senses in Portugal

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Ignite Your Senses in Portugal

Does your wanderlust steer you toward ancient castles, Roman ruins and medieval alleys? Does your heart a ...

Does your wanderlust steer you toward ancient castles, Roman ruins and medieval alleys? Does your heart ache to stroll the cobbled lanes of quaint villages and bustling town squares? Or do you long to ...

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Berlin to Prague

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Berlin to Prague

Our Elbe River cruise brims with new discoveries, beginning with three days in Berlin. Hop-on-hop-off bus ...

Our Elbe River cruise brims with new discoveries, beginning with three days in Berlin. Hop-on-hop-off buses introduce us to city highlights. Symbolizing a reunited democracy, the neo-classical Reichst ...

November 01, 2016
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Land of Fire and Ice

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Land of Fire and Ice

Heading to Iceland at the end of October may seem to be at odds with the tendency to contemplate a warm p ...

Heading to Iceland at the end of October may seem to be at odds with the tendency to contemplate a warm place in the sun as winter approaches. But there isn’t too much to decide upon when it comes to ...

June 01, 2014
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