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If the boundaries of countries were determined by the geology under them, Europe would have two Switzerlands.
There’s the Switzerland you already know - the German-speaking one that spreads unevenly over one side of the Alps, made of green meadows and snow-lined mountain passes.
Greetings from Vancouver!
I made a short video this week to address some more member questions from our member questionnaire and from recent events:
And check out the events page for the dates for our East Coast trip this coming August! Venues will be announced a little closer to time of the events.
There are 790 offshore islands nestled between and around Scotland’s four main island groups, Shetland, Orkney, the Inner Hebrides, and the Outer Hebrides. Plenty of these islands are worth exploring, but Edinburgh remains the largest tourist destination in Scotland and the second-largest in the UK, next to London.
I’ve just disembarked from my plane at Berlin’s Schoenfeld Airport, and now I need to get into Berlin itself, around 8 miles to the north. Hmm. Do I do this the new way or the old-fashioned way?
The new way is extremely well-signposted. There are taxis, regional trains and an extremely regular S-bahn (urban rapid transit railway) to choose from.
A tropical beach evokes images of palm-fringed shores, cool breezes, a cool glass of cocktail, and great travel companions. Sometimes, however, the beach is associated with getting marooned on an island, which is not always an entirely bad thing.
It’s actually a scenario that’s rife with possibilities — a gorgeous stretch of sand, you on a hammock swinging back and forth in between tall shady coconut trees, beach reading on hand, and crystal-clear blue waters.
Different people who hear about President Trump's proposed wall along the southern border of the U.S. may react strongly with opposing feelings, but we’re quite certain that those who see the grandeur of the Great Wall of China share feelings of awe and wonder.
Greetings from Ottawa!
I've come down for a few member events in this part of Ontario before I head to British Colombia next week to kick off our first West Coast event trip.
Over dinner and wine this past week a subject came up which I see a lot of in our member questionnaires - what can we do about the challenges facing the solo travellers in our member community?
I made a short video this week with some thoughts:
From single supplements to being the odd one out at dinner, the challenges are real, and we hear your pain! Part of the problem of course is that most of the industry is built and priced on a double occupancy basis, and there's little we can do about that in the grand scheme of things.
Check out the replay from our recent webinar about our upcoming tour of Egypt, Israel & Jordan, happening in January of 2020:
The 4 Variations means you can join us for:
Program A: Egypt Only
Program B: Egypt & Israel
Program C: Egypt, Israel, & Jordan
Program D: Israel & Jordan
Gordon explains the structure and the highlights in the video, and the rest of the tour details can be found here.
Walking the streets of the average Japanese town for the first time (as you’ll be doing on our Japan - Ancient & Modern tour in 2023) - well, you may be struck by the old people.
Hopefully not literally, but you never know, since it’s not an uncommon sight to see parks and pavements filled with over-65s (which make up a fifth of Japan’s population), stretching their limbs and gently pumping iron.