Take Life Adagio
TAKE LIFE ADAGIO AT THE LAKE Summer is the time to slow down, disconnect, decompress and savour the moment, particularly
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Author: Joan Thompson
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Vancouver Folk Festival’s backdrop of Jericho Beach, Vancouver harbour and the Coast Mountains
may be considered the most scenic setting for any summer festival in B.C. Until you’ve been to the Christina Lake Homecoming Festival!
Forever, Tilos
Small islands have the tendency to steal our hearts, particularly when
they have not yielded to the scourge of ‘modernism’. Don’t say I didn’t warn you about Tilos!
A Traveller’s Tithe; Helping the Refugees
A difficult many-sided issue, we chose to help the humanitarians struggling
to make refugees’ lives tolerable on the island of Samos.
Go to Greece!
Greek traditions of honour and hospitality lead to welcomes extended to
refugees and tourists alike. In a perfect world, this would be a compatible mix.
An Easter Encore with Firecrackers
There are some Orthodox Easter traditions in Greece that
are enthusiastically embraced by….the youth.
Eventually, Greece
Eventually, Greece Our first destination in Greece is the tiny, rustic and rugged island of Tilos, just offshore Turkey and
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A Fortune of Flowers and Flags in Bucchianico, Italy
Sometimes premier local events are not in your guide book. Luckily, we took the advice of our agriturismo host
and scuttled up the mountain to take in Bucchianicos annual Flower Festival.
Spring into…Change!
Spring signals change, and our brains respond in fashion. For learners of all ages
this can be a very exciting time of year!
Opera in a Chilled-Out World
In our ultra-sensitized, politically-corrected world, opera characters’ lives seem to be trainwrecks waiting to happen. Is that why we love them? Is their story our repressed one?
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