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Ancient Treasures of the Middle East

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Ancient Treasures of the Middle East

“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thi ...

“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering – because you can’t take it in all at ...

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If Romeo And Juliet Traveled Italy Today

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If Romeo And Juliet Traveled Italy Today

We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Veron ...

We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Verona, replete with love locks, kissing couples, graffiti hearts pierced with Eros' arrows, pledges ...

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Making Music Accessible

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Making Music Accessible

This isn’t your typical rock star story about a boy discovered while singing his songs on YouTube. This i ...

This isn’t your typical rock star story about a boy discovered while singing his songs on YouTube. This is the tale of real-life guitar playing virtuoso Dr. Alexander Dunn, a professor at the Universi ...

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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 ...

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Overlanding in Africa

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Overlanding in Africa

What are the chances that on a four-week trip through South Africa you are going to get to know a driver ...

What are the chances that on a four-week trip through South Africa you are going to get to know a driver with four wives; a man who was expelled from high school and now, between stints as a park rang ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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“Greenada”

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“Greenada”

Known as “Spice Island,” Grenada’s mandate is “build back better” while going “green.” Just as the phoeni ...

Known as “Spice Island,” Grenada’s mandate is “build back better” while going “green.” Just as the phoenix rises from the ashes, Grenada is re-emerging after weathering the storms. After being devasta ...

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Napoleon’s Paris: His Life, His Legacy

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Napoleon’s Paris: His Life, His Legacy

In Paris, Arc de Triomphe acclaims Napoleon Bonaparte France’s most renowned leader. Marble friezes repre ...

In Paris, Arc de Triomphe acclaims Napoleon Bonaparte France’s most renowned leader. Marble friezes represent his key victories. Thirty shields highlight battles where he passionately defended the new ...

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Adventures in Egypt

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Adventures in Egypt

It’s after sunset when our Turkish Airlines flight lands in Cairo. I am met by a G Adventures representat ...

It’s after sunset when our Turkish Airlines flight lands in Cairo. I am met by a G Adventures representative who, along with our driver, takes me to Mercure Cairo Le Sphinx Hotel where I will stay the ...

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First 55+ Travel Club Event Kicks Off in Victoria

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First 55+ Travel Club Event Kicks Off in Victoria

The brainchild of INSPIRED Magazine publisher Barbara Risto became reality on May 22nd when 60 travel ent ...

The brainchild of INSPIRED Magazine publisher Barbara Risto became reality on May 22nd when 60 travel enthusiasts met to launch the 55+ Travel Club in Victoria. Held at the elegant Berwick Royal Oak r ...

June 01, 2019
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Hasta La Pasta and Other Reflections on Gardening

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Hasta La Pasta and Other Reflections on Gardening

Throughout my many decades of gardening, I have invented methods to put my signature on our little patch ...

Throughout my many decades of gardening, I have invented methods to put my signature on our little patch of backyard earth. It started back in the forties when I was seven; I planted a tomato seed in ...

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Before & After: Joan Thompson

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Before & After: Joan Thompson

Joan Thompson has a long road ahead – 8,000km long! The retired music teacher, writer, keen traveller and ...

Joan Thompson has a long road ahead – 8,000km long! The retired music teacher, writer, keen traveller and dedicated volunteer will be hitting the road this month to cycle across Canada to raise awaren ...

May 01, 2019
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Music For Life

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Music For Life

Soft-spoken and friendly, Clive Langley is the selfless sort. Not only does he spend a large portion of t ...

Soft-spoken and friendly, Clive Langley is the selfless sort. Not only does he spend a large portion of the year travelling to Leeds, England to care for his widowed mother, he worked as a crisis line ...

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Sorry Not Sorry

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Sorry Not Sorry

“You must be Canadian,” I often comment laughingly when someone apologizes for what doesn’t seem to need ...

“You must be Canadian,” I often comment laughingly when someone apologizes for what doesn’t seem to need an apology. As Canadians, we have a chronic need to apologize “all the time.” Due to the number ...

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