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Sunday Special – Schnapps Trail, Germany’s Black Forest
If ya can’t travel yourself then celebrate those who are travelling. This week my sister and two of her friends returned to Canada after completing the northern route of the Camino de Santiago in Spain and the Black Forest Schnaps Trail in Germany. The Camino story will be showcased at a later date. Today will…
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Sunday, er..uh, Monday Special – Paris
I sincerely apologize for not posting yesterday. I will be honest – I forgot. I had planned on it but plain forgot to post after working yesterday. I’m sorry. I hope this post on Paris will make up for it. A good friend of mine is currently on her first trip to Paris and I…
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Sunday Special – Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea
I thought it fun today to feature a festival. I did a quick search and low and behold I found a mud festival. Playing in mud would be so much fun! And probably great for the skin. Ends up that the Boryeong Mud Festival was, in fact, started by its use in cosmetics. Instead of…
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Sunday Special – The Equator, Ecuador
Remember geography class where you learned about the (imaginary)line of the equator? It splits the earth right in half into north and south and the magnetic pulls cause water to drain in opposing directions. I have been fascinated with straddling this line for quite some time, to be in two places at once, so to…
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Sunday Special – Fox Glacier & Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Ice. Moving ice. Big moving ice. It can be found in various places on our planet. I usually associate it with the northern part of the world, however that is not the only side that has these magnificent glaciers. The south does too and today we’ll be looking at two which are found in New…
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Killarney Town Tour
One of the things I do fairly often when travelling is to seek out and take a city tour. This not only helps me get a sense of direction but also learn a bit about the city I am in. The majority of the time I use the ones that are free and you then…
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Sunday Special – Palawan, Philippines
Over the past little while this particular island in the Philippines has come up in conversations and social media feeds. As a result, I have decided to make the Philippine island of Palawan today’s feature. Palawan province is a long archipelago with Palawan Island being the largest. It stretches from the South China Sea to…
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Fumings from Wanderer Grumpy McGrumpy
This post is about the not so fun part of travel but something that happens nonetheless, just like it happens in everyday life. I’m talking about bad days or days we perceive as bad because of various reasons. Now, I’m not talking about the bad days of being sick. Aside from the common cold I…
