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Fox Harbr – A Great Nova Scotian Golf Course
This is a post on Tim Horton’s co founder Ron Joyce’s golf resort on the Northumberland Strait in Nova Scotia, not far from the town of Tatamagouche where Joyce grew up. Firstly, I do know the correct spelling is Fox Harb’r, but SEO won’t permit any punctuation in the key word so I’ll stick with […]
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Mezquita – Cordoba’s Incredible Grand Mosque
When we decided to visit Andalusia last November one of the key reasons was to visit the Alhambra in Granada. After the visit I wrote in this post that it was pretty strange that the best preserved Islamic palace in the world was in a purportedly Christian country. What I didn’t know when I wrote that […]
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Cordoba – A Tour of Spain’s Moorish Capital
It’s a beautiful morning in Cordoba, Spain and after a great night’s sleep at the fabulous Balcon de Cordoba hotel Alison and I are about to explore some of the famous landmarks of the city including the Alcazar, the Calahorra Tower and the Roman Bridge. We’ll save the Mezquita or Grand Mosque for it’s own […]
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Balcon de Cordoba – A Must Stay in Cordoba
This is the first of three posts on the wonderful city of Cordoba, Spain which we visited, almost on a whim in November 2015. Posts will follow on a walk around the historic city and the almost unbelievable Mezquita, but this one will focus on one of the best hotels we have stayed at anywhere, […]
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Ronda – Where Modern Bullfighting Began
Alison and I are heading by car for Cordoba, our final destination on our whirlwind tour of Andalusia, from Marbella where we have spent the last three nights basically just chilling out. Along the way we are going to visit a small city that has been on my radar list for a very long time […]
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TMAC 2016 – Your Heart Will Never Leave
It’s been a couple of weeks since I returned home from TMAC 2016 on Cape Breton island and I’m still pinching myself about what a wonderful trip it was from beginning to end. For those not familiar with TMAC, it stands for The Travel Media Association of Canada and is an organization of writers, photographers, bloggers […]
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Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area
It’s not very often that my travel writing and my day job as a lawyer converge on one topic, but that is precisely the case with the controversy that surrounded the Birch Cove Lakes a few years ago. This post will be my attempt to explain the history of the matter, the importance of […]
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St Peters Canal & Battery Point Park
I’m on my way to the 2016 Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) conference in Sydney and decided to take Highway #4 along the eastern side of Bras D’Or Lakes rather than the TCH which follows the western shore. My interest is in stopping at St Peters Canal one of the most important historic places […]
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Gibraltar Part 2 – Caves, Tunnels and a Flogging
In my previous post I described the first half of the day Alison and I spent exploring the Rock of Gibraltar. The cable car ride, the view from the top of the rock, the encounters with the endlessly entertaining monkeys and the dubious decision to descend the Mediterranean Steps are all part of that post. When […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz