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Wall of Veterans at Hwy77 Cafe

Hidden Gem on Texas Hwy77

Every Day Is Veteran's Day at this Rosebud Cafe by George Fery On TX77 in east Texas, the late spring’s low green … [Read More...]

Bear Mountain spa Victoria bc

Celebrating Spring at Bear Mountain, Victoria

by W. Ruth Kozak  What better way to celebrate spring than at an idyllic spa resort? A year ago I was fortunate to … [Read More...]

looking down at Nafplio, Greece

Nauplion, the Fortified City

Nafplio, Greece by W. Ruth Kozak On my first visit to Nauplion [also spelled Nafplio], in 1978, I recall it only as … [Read More...]

Lake Lucerne

Switzerland: A Swiss Tapestry

by Tom Koppel At the inviting Swiss hamlet of Andeer, the upper Rhine, only 10 metres wide, cascades in waterfalls … [Read More...]

worker making Jamdani saree

Discovering Jamdani Saris

Bangladesh by Paola Fornari ‘They used to say that a Dhaka muslin sari [also spelled saree] should fit in a … [Read More...]

Pushkin statue

Saint Petersburg, Russia: In the Footsteps of Alexander Pushkin

by Tatiana Claudy “Pushkin was our everything," declared Apollon Grigoryev (Russian poet). “Pushkin represented … [Read More...]

Culloden moor

Scotland: The Battlefield of Culloden

by Yehta Pearl Did you know that the spirits of the dead talk to us? It is sometimes uncomfortable, but can be … [Read More...]

Necromanteion, Acheron, Greece

Necromanteion, the Oracle of the Dead

Acheron, Greece: Welcome to the Realm of Hades and Persephone by W. Ruth Kozak The boat cuts a silent swathe through … [Read More...]

Ye Hole In Ye Wall Pub, Liverpool

England: Liverpool Wins Me Over

by Melissa Gardiner I must admit to having my doubts about Liverpool’s World Heritage Status and its European Capital … [Read More...]

Day of the Dead street scene in Mexico

Mexico: The Day of the Dead

by George Fery The celebrated Mexican national holyday, Dia de Muertos (its original name in Spanish), or Day of the … [Read More...]

A view towards St. Peters

Italy: One Night In Rome

by Anne Harrison By the time we left the hotel, it was already late afternoon, and our plane left at dawn. The … [Read More...]

Spanish Conquistadors drawing

The Endless Conquest of Yucatán

by Georges Fery The subjugation of the Aztecs by the Spanish conquistador or conqueror, Hernan Cortez, took … [Read More...]

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I’m a former president of the B.C. chapter of the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC), as well as a lifetime member and past president of the British Columbia Association of Travel Writers (BCATW).

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