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Liri Valley – The Canadians Break the Gustav Line
This is the 11th post on the Liberation Tours fall 2016 trip retracing the path of the Canadian Army campaign in Italy during WWII. It is the first of two posts on the fighting that took place in the Liri Valley south of Rome from May 11-June 4, 1944. In the last post on Ortona I […]
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Borghese Gallery – Visit Rome’s Best Kept Secret
Ok, the Borghese Gallery is not exactly a secret to most Romans, but it seldom makes the top 10 list for first time visitors to the Eternal City. That’s too bad, because IMHO it provides a much better experience than visiting the Vatican Museums or St. Peter’s. I’m certainly not advocating skipping those two in […]
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Myrtle Beach Golf – Enjoy the Late Fall Season
Myrtle Beach golf courses are legendary both for their sheer numbers in such a small area and their relative affordability. However, it’s no secret that the golf business in North America is in decline overall for a number of reasons, but primarily because of demographics. According to Statistics Brain, over 60% of all golfers are […]
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Ortona – Our Canadian Version of Stalingrad
This is the tenth post on this fall’s tour of Canadian WWII battle sites in Italy, sponsored by Liberation Tours. In the previous post I described the horrific fighting that took place to cross the Moro River and The Gully, just south of the seaside town of Ortona. With the southern and western roads into […]
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Montchanin Village Inn- A Great Place to Unwind
Alison and I had just finished up a nice two day stay in Charleston, South Carolina and were faced with the prospect of a three day drive back to wintry Nova Scotia. This is how we ended up staying, almost on a whim, at the fabulous Inn at Montchanin Village or as I am going to […]
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Moro River, The Gully and Casa Berardi
This is my eighth post on the 2016 Liberation Tours visit to Italy in the fall of that year. You can find the first seven on the Maritime Explorer website. It will be the first of two posts on the fighting that took place in and around the small Italian coastal town of Ortona on […]
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Caledonia Golf and Fish Club – Hole by Hole
Just finished a nine course visit to South Carolina and this is my first post on the courses we played. I found Caledonia Golf and Fish Club to be exceptional enough to rate a hole-by-hole description with accompanying photographs. Caledonia Golf and Fish Club is located in the community of Pawley’s Island which is just […]
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Anzio and The Devil’s Brigade – Fact or Fiction?
This is the seventh post reporting on a tour of Canadian battle sites in Italy with LiberationTours and their excellent team of historian Mark Zuehlke, interpretive guide and raconteur extraordinaire Phil Craig and just plain John Cannon, the best trip organizer you’ll ever travel with. We have just finished touring the sites in Sicily, the last post […]
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
This is the fifth and final post on the Canadian army’s efforts in WWII on Sicily to rid that island of its German occupiers. I am in Italy with my wife Alison, sister Anne and thirty-three other Canadians who are making a pilgrimage to pay homage to the Canadians who fought to liberate Italy during WWII […]
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