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SAILING ON PORTUGAL’S “RIVER OF GOLD”

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SAILING ON PORTUGAL’S “RIVER OF GOLD”

It is easy to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the Douro River Valley as we sail toward Porto. Only 10 day ...

It is easy to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the Douro River Valley as we sail toward Porto. Only 10 days ago, I arrived in Lisbon to begin my tour of Portugal and I have fallen in love with this cul ...

August 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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What If? The Importance of Travel Insurance

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What If? The Importance of Travel Insurance

For years I travelled all over the world and never carried emergency evacuation travel insurance. I didn’ ...

For years I travelled all over the world and never carried emergency evacuation travel insurance. I didn’t really think about it until three events spaced closely together changed my mind. The first e ...

June 01, 2019
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Cycling in Tuscany

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Cycling in Tuscany

A smiling Bruno Baldini greets us at the Florence train station shortly after 9 a.m. as we disembark from ...

A smiling Bruno Baldini greets us at the Florence train station shortly after 9 a.m. as we disembark from the Bologna train, eager to begin our eight-day cycling tour of Tuscany. Our rented bikes awai ...

August 30, 2018
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A Visit Home

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A Visit Home

“So much of who we are is where we have been.” - William Langewiesche Sometimes, the landscapes of our ea ...

“So much of who we are is where we have been.” - William Langewiesche Sometimes, the landscapes of our early years can call us back with a visceral urge. My BC childhood landscape held a fusion of emo ...

August 02, 2018
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Cycling the Olympic Discovery Trail

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Cycling the Olympic Discovery Trail

Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fil ...

Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fill the void with our own end-of-August adventure, one that would entail minimum planning and pre ...

March 01, 2018
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Finishing is Winning

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Finishing is Winning

We drive past them on the way to appointments without a second glance. We share space with them on bike p ...

We drive past them on the way to appointments without a second glance. We share space with them on bike paths and walking trails with little more than casual nods. They go largely unnoticed until the ...

September 01, 2015
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