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Category Archives: Canada
National Parks
I am a huge fan of national parks. In my travels I have been fortunate to visit quite a few. While some of my favorites are here in North America, I have spent time in some spectacular parks as far … Continue reading
Ô Canada
I have to admit that I am a bit of a airline safety video nerd. It’s the height of creativity to create a safety video that can both keep the attention of air travelers and be simultaneously entertaining. Created in … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Canada, Film, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Air Canada, airlines
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Worst Airline Meal Ever
Travel writer Miriam Porter recently reported on a very disappointing meal experience while flying Air Canada from Frankfurt to Toronto. Although she had pre-ordered vegan meals for the 10 hour flight a month in advance, when meal time came she … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Canada, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Air Canada, Airline meal, Toronto
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Life Jackets
The renowned Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has created a wall from 2,000 life jackets that were discarded by Syrian refugees while attempting to escape the war in their homeland by crossing the Aegean Sea as part of an installation … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Canada, Europe, Middle East
Tagged Ai Weiwei, art installations, Quebec City, refugees, Syria
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When Life Imitates Art
Margaret Atwood : “I’m waiting for the first lawsuit. I’m waiting, you know, for the lawsuit in which the family of the dead woman sues the state… And I’m also waiting for a lawsuit that says if you force me … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Canada, USA, Writing
Tagged Margaret Atwood, SCOTUS, The Handmaid's Tale
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Banned But Unburnable
To protest widespread book bans in the U.S., Canadian author Margaret Atwood has collaborated with her publishers on a fireproof edition of her most famous—and often banned—novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. The unique issue was produced by Rethink, an independent creative agency, and made in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Canada, Freedom of Speech, USA, Writing
Tagged book burning, censorship, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
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Behind The Scenes
The exterior of the Thomas Fisher Library offers little clue to the extraordinary treasures inside. Now we can take a ten-minute, behind-the-scenes tour through the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, Canada, where we can discover a First Folio, the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Canada, History, Libraries
Tagged Leonard Cohen, Margaret Atwood, medieval manuscripts, Shakespeare
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Take A Virtual Vacation
Virtual Vacation is a web directory that pulls together the dozens of walking, driving, hiking and other point-of-view videos scattered across the web where people explore unique places with a camera in hand. Beware, it’s easy to fall down this … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Public Transport, South America, Tourism, USA
Tagged driving tours, virtual travel, walking tours
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What People Read
Regular visitors to TBTP are well aware that I am way too fond of clever infographics. I’m especially kean on the ones that examine reading habits around the world. The graphic above, which was created by Studying in Switzerland used international … Continue reading
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