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Heritage Homes, Local History and Oreo Cookies

  A podcast with Bill Barclay of the Beild House in Collingwood, Ontario To listen to this podcast, click on the Play button below. Download: bill-barclayeditfinal.mp3 // The Heritage Movement in… more →

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Ottawa: Grace, Dignity, and a Delightful State of Affairs

Bob Fisher wrote 7 months ago: Musing in Ottawa Whenever I get the opportunity to stroll through Ottawa — along the tidy Rideau Can … more →

Tags: Canada, global issues, special interest travel, Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, Cultural anthropological Travel, philosophical travel, Political Travel, Sociological Travel

Away and Beyond in Northern Alberta

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: Regaining perspective in a Canadian wilderness West of Edmonton, Alberta we turn right off the Trans … more →

Tags: Canada, special interest travel, Sustainable-Green Travel, Alberta, Athabasca, Aurora Borealis, birding, Blue-winged Teal, Bob Fisher

Muskoka: Cottage Country Canadian-style

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: The Lady of the Lake She waits patiently for us on a lovely fall day. The passion of summer has subs … more →

Tags: Canada, History, Heritage, Bob Fisher, Travel, Tourism, Canadian Shield, Algonquin, muskoka

The Spirits of Halifax: Memories That Materialize

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: Time patterns Implicit (or procedural) memory does not involve the conscious recall of information; … more →

Tags: Canada, special interest travel, Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, Cultural anthropological Travel, urban travel, Sociological Travel, music travel, Culinary and Gastronomic Travel

The Finger Lakes: A Tonic for the Soul

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: Why you should visit The Finger Lakes The travel and tourism industry, quite rightly I suppose, has … more →

Tags: united states, special interest travel, Sustainable-Green Travel, Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, soft adventure travel, Cultural anthropological Travel, urban travel, Political Travel

Make Yourself at Home in North East England — and Transcend Time — 1 comment

Bob Fisher wrote 12 months ago: Out of the mists In the North East of England, you will become acutely aware of time and of the inev … more →

Tags: Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, special interest travel, united kingdom, Alnwick Garden and Castle, Arts, Baltic Museum of Contemporary Art, Bamburgh Castle, Beamish

The Incredible Lightness of Being at an Eco-lodge in Algonquin Park — 2 comments

Bob Fisher wrote 1 year ago: A podcast with Robin Banerjee P.Eng, owner of the Algonquin Eco-Lodge To listen to this podcast, cli … more →

Tags: Canada, global issues, special interest travel, Sustainable-Green Travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, The Business of Travel, winter travel, soft adventure travel, philosophical travel

The Artistic Journey of Richard Boswell — 1 comment

Bob Fisher wrote 2 years ago: A podcast with the artist… Download: richardboswelledit-feb-05-2011finalnormalized.mp3 //This … more →

Tags: special interest travel, Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, Cultural anthropological Travel, philosophical travel, urban travel, Sociological Travel, Educational Travel, literary travel

The Grassroots and Niche Market of Outdoor Adventure Travel — 1 comment

Bob Fisher wrote 2 years ago: Defining Adventure As Pierre Hersberger suggests in his commentary below, adventure is an escape fro … more →

Tags: Canada, global issues, special interest travel, Sustainable-Green Travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, The Business of Travel, Sociological Travel, Educational Travel, History

Heritage Homes, Local History and Oreo Cookies

Bob Fisher wrote 2 years ago:   A podcast with Bill Barclay of the Beild House in Collingwood, Ontario To listen to this podc … more →

Tags: Canada, special interest travel, Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, Sports & travel, winter travel, soft adventure travel, Cultural anthropological Travel, Indigenous culture

The Slovenia Tourist Farms: Integrated, Authentic, and Land-based Tourism — 1 comment

Bob Fisher wrote 2 years ago: … with Vesna Čuček, Head of the Agriculture Advisory Service Department, Slovenia Sustainable … more →

Tags: Europe, global issues, Historical and Heritage Travel, soft adventure travel, philosophical travel, Political Travel, Sociological Travel, agritourism, Educational Travel

Welcome to the Summer 2010 Newsletter from The Philosophical Traveller — 1 comment

Bob Fisher wrote 2 years ago: We travel to explore the diversity of the human experience; and in so doing we discover the commonal … more →

Tags: Canada, global issues, special interest travel, Sustainable-Green Travel, Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, The Business of Travel, Sociological Travel, Educational Travel

Smart Growth Tourism on Mexico's Riviera Maya

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: … Chatting with Bonnie Neely about the Riviera Maya Principles and practices In urban planning … more →

Tags: global issues, Latin America, Sustainable-Green Travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, soft adventure travel, Cultural anthropological Travel, Indigenous culture, Sociological Travel, agritourism

Bordeaux: A Second Golden Age — 1 comment

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: Panache For those francophiles in the room, to suggest that French culture is all about presence and … more →

Tags: Europe, special interest travel, Art's travel, Historical and Heritage Travel, urban travel, Political Travel, Architectural Travel, Architecture, Bob Fisher

The Eternal Prague Spring

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: … Chatting with Richard Krpac, Consul General of the Czech Republic, Toronto Download: richard … more →

Tags: Europe, Historical and Heritage Travel, philosophical travel, urban travel, Political Travel, Sociological Travel, History, Heritage, Architecture

Race Car Driving and The Speedway: A Family Affair, with Bonnie Neely

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: …Chatting with Bonnie Neely about race car driving Download: bonnieneelyspeedwayfinaledit.mp3 … more →

Tags: united states, special interest travel, Sports & travel, Bob Fisher, Bonnie and Bill Neely, Design, Engineering, Generations Touring Company, grandtravel

Montréal: Francophone Festival City and Paris of North America

Bob Fisher wrote 4 years ago: A city of villages Montréal is a city of villages; distinct communities (or quartiers) that each ref … more →

Tags: Canada, Art's travel, urban travel, battle of the plains of abraham, Bob Fisher, Cadillac, colonbial power, Cosmopolitan, de maisonneuve


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