Come with me and Lindblad Expeditions as we circumnavigate Newfoundland on September 15, 2016. I am thrilled that I’m going to be showing off my home province of Newfoundland to clients. Special guest onboard will also be journalist, Robert MacNeil, as well as National Geographic photographers and naturalists. And – I’m looking into adding a pre-cruise visit […]
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Quark Expeditions Breathtaking Vistas – and – 2-for-1 offer If you’ve ever wanted to visit the Arctic, I have some amazing offers with my Virtuoso partners at Quark Expeditions. On May 31st, there is a 2-for-1 offer to visit Tromso, Bear Island, and Longyearbyen. Other offers – which I’ve been given until this coming Friday,
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Solo Travel Club Travel Events & Meet Ups I just had my third solo travel club meeting at Cafe Latte Cino, and had great results. More events will follow. Check out details here http://www.meetup.com/Experiential-and-Active-Travel-Adventure-Memories-Lush-Life I invite solo travelers to come learn about the options and the availability of solo travel. Whether you’ve traveled the world solo,
I just had my fourth “best of the best in fashion and travel” meeting at Shepherd’s Fashions. It was a great event, and, as always, highlighted the personalized attention and customer service that Shepherds gives it’s clients, and I give mine. And the combo of styles married well with my Virtuoso partners, Rocky Mountaineer –
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Trains are on my mind. I did a Rocky Mountaineer trip a couple of years ago. I LOVED it. The views were spectacular, and made me so proud to be Canadian. Of course, the food and service onboard the train was phenomenal too. And the gold leaf service with the dome-window car was absolutely outstanding.
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Would you like to visit the floe edge? My partners, Arctic Kingdom, have terrific trips to the floe edge this season. As my partner Natasha at Arctic Kingdom says, “the floe edge is where the land-fast ice actually reaches the open water in the Arctic ocean in the spring time (when it’s starting to melt
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On a recent webinar with my Virtuoso partners, Arctic Kingdom, they gave a terrific little overview of the major differences between the Arctic and Antarctica (other than being at opposite poles, of course.) This is kinda a nifty chart to give a quick snapshot. Arctic Antarctica Indigenous people and culture Virtually uninhabited Large land mammals
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Aqua Expeditions is a terrific VAST (Virtuoso Active & Specialty Travel) partner of mine that offers fantastic and luxurious river cruises through the Mekong and Amazon. And – besides the fantastic up-close-to-nature experiences onboard beautiful river ships, they also do up food right! Aqua’s Mekong river cruise has Chef David Thompson, a Michelin star chef,
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I love helping wonderful causes, and being part of a community. I was honoured to be a member of the #Motherlove community. And being part of #motherlove in Ottawa (a movement started by Catherine Landry with “Ladies Who Lunch”) was inspirational. We helped raise money, as well as get sports equipment and art supplies, sent
We lost a musical legend this week. On Thursday, the Purple One,Prince, died. He was only 57. Over the weekend, there has been an outpouring of emotion. More will certainly follow. Some people knew him. Some didn’t. All loved him – he taught us that, “dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this
