Jubilados (Spanish for retirees) savouring the journey
Chosen carefully, planned well and travelled independently
Stories of global travel adventures from Gloria and Kerry, a.k.a. Spice and Magellan
Cora Sandel
One of the joys of travelling, for me, is discovering the literature…
Row 14: Field-to-Fork in a Few Steps
How have you been celebrating the International Year of Fruits…
Hode
Damn Markus Raetz!
You are the direct cause of my always returning…
You are the direct cause of my always returning…
Summer Interlude
On the edge of our province a hundred kilometres from the mainland…
Red Rock Canyon/Blakiston Trail
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s…
Police Outpost
Were it not for our friend Karol, Magellan and I would have stayed…
Where were You in the 2021 Heat Wave?
A heat dome parked over Western Canada inmate June, a mass of…
Celebrating Arches 50th Anniversary as National Park
In honour of July 4, Independence Day in the Unites States, let’s…
Sagebrush: From Fame to Bankruptcy to Renaissance?
More than golfing at St. Andrew’s, Lahinch, Ballybunion, Boulders…
Concerto in F, Very Flat
A great dad and granddad, I think I’m free to say, is how Lynn…
Brought to you by the Letter L
L for Lofoten.
L for Location.
L for Luxury.
L for the Lorentzen’s.
And…
L for Location.
L for Luxury.
L for the Lorentzen’s.
And…
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Enchanting.
A summation, I thought, of lone words that paint…
A summation, I thought, of lone words that paint…
The Wildflowers of Lo Zingaro
Hiking along a mountain trail, coastal path or meadowed field,…
Laying Aside Our Plans
Chicken? Not our taste, though many find it “eggs-ellent.”…
Røros: Seven Lucky Nuggets
There’s nowhere quite like Røros anywhere in Scandinavia,…
Dam: 22,000-Year-Old Drawings Nearly Destroyed
“Damn,” we swore, arriving on a Monday to find the Côa Museum…
Disloyal Subjects
“Flush it out of the park.”
Harsh words in my diary written…
Harsh words in my diary written…
The Easter Bread Architecture of Community
One of the most spectacular festivals in Sicily, the Archi di…
One Bar
Look at this, Magellan says more frequently during COVID, calling…
O-sa-KA!
O-sa-KA! O(h) we’d like to return. A realization we came to…
Would you like it?
The stave church of Borgund is a paradox. Tarred all-black, dark…
An Invitation to Roman Splendour
Imagine receiving this invitation. An extravagance of otium…
Gold at Nugget Point
Yellow-eyed penguins, the rarest penguins (and most attractive…
On a Mission at Montserrat
For thousands of years the serrated peaks of Montserrat have…
“Did you see any Mafia in Sicily?”
“Did you see any mafia?” people asked when we returned from…
Beware of Bøyg: the Norwegian Troll who Hinders Travellers
Once upon a time long ago when the land was owned by the king,…
The Pebble: A Love Story
Is there somebody you know who has been characterized in a love…
Rennell Sound Wilderness Adventure
Conehead, Rove-Inn’s most remote (and perhaps most memorable)…
The Leopard
It was almost a decade ago our book club started so I don't recall…
It Hertz
Boy! Was I ever shocked when I went to pick up my Hertz rental…