Fall Frolic List- Autumn Events in Vancouver
There’s a chill in the air and the tree tops will soon be ablaze in fiery foliage splendor. Summer weather in Vancouver may be coming to an end, but […]
Category Archives: Places
Beware the Ix’tabay!
Yucatán legend tells an age-old story of two women (possibly sisters): Xkeban and Utz-Colel, who lived in the same village. Both women were exceptionally beautiful but while Utz Colel lived […]
5 OUTLANDISH SEPTEMBER FOOD FESTIVALS
Because if you are going to go to a food festival, it may as well be weird as hell? Here are some wacky ones from around the world: 1. La […]
-Just Picture it- Edinburgh Fringe Fest
This busker’s guitar playing was rubbish. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is on now until the end of August. I went to to it a few years ago and had a hoot […]
Rodents take center stage at the world famous Gopher Hole Museum
If you dig a bit of (somewhat creepy) eccentric kitsch, then the ‘world famous’ Gopher Hole Museum might just be worth a detour on your road trip through Alberta. This bizarre […]
Bikers in the Buff: Witnessing The World Naked Bike Ride in Vancouver
I was blissfully unaware. I had no inkling of the event that was about to accost my innocent eyes…. There I was, minding my own business, sitting on a patch of […]
Now THIS is an Easter Egg: The World’s Largest Pysanka
This is one Easter Egg that is not hard to find! Well, if you happen to know how to get to Vegreville, Alberta, that is. Over 25 feet long and 18 feet […]
Why so Blue? The Pretty Town of Chefchaouen, Morocco
As the Moroccan saying goes: “He who hurries, rushes only to the grave.” And in the pretty blue town of Chefchaouen -or Chaouen to locals- in Northwest Morocco, hurrying is […]
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