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 The stunning Annapolis Valley and the ghost of Miss Anderson in Nova ScotiaANNAPOLIS VALLEY, NOVA SCOTIA - I had no idea. I've heard tell of the Annapolis Valley, of course, usually referred to as the breadbasket of Nova Scotia or some such. But for some reason I never had a mental picture...
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 The serenity of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia; funky shops and great foodANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NOVA SCOTIA - This is one of the oldest and most historic areas in Canada. But also home to plenty of fun characters. At Lucky Lou's on lower St. George St., you can buy inflatable Bozo the clown...
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 Lovely and historic Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia - surprising stories....ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NOVA SCOTIA - It's a wee challenge getting here from Lunenburg. Well, it is if you try to take a couple lesser-known roads, which I'm wont to do. The first part of the drive is absolutely lovely as...
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 Lovely - and surprisingly tasty - Lunenburg is a Nova Scotia gemLUNENBURG, NOVA SCOTIA - Hoo, boy. After arriving from the relative frenzy of St. John's, I didn't quite know what to make of this town. It doesn't help that they're just now putting the final touches on things for the...
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 Chasing icebergs in St. John's is a very cool thing (yeah, sorry about that)ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND - You'd think icebergs are a regular occurrence in and around St. John's. But apparently not. I took a boat tour with Iceberg Quest the other day and found out there was a pretty solid period of...
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 St. John's a great city with spectular, wild scenery just minutes away (or less!)ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND - One of great things about St. John's is how easy it is to get out to the country. Often in just a few minutes. Or even seconds. If you take the walk out past the Battery,...
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 St. John's Newfoundland a city on the move: great food and cafesST. JOHN'S - A visitor last here five years ago or so is struck by how much this city has changed. There were signs of good times on Water St. and Duckworth on my last visit. But things have taken...
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 Off to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia ... A naked vacation conference in VegasTaking a day off today to get ready for a big trip. On Saturday I'll be in St. John's getting a story ready for Star Travel. The weather doesn't look as good as last time I was there, when it...
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 Al's Beef - a greasy, gooey wonderful Chicago tradition you shouldn't missCHICAGO - It's great going to a city and trying out high-end restaurants. A perk of this terrific job of mine, for sure. But sometimes a travel editor - or you or anyone else - doesn't feel like a white...
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 Absolutely Segway Tours - a great way to see the sights of ChicagoOkay, I was a little reluctant. I mean, we've all see those people rolling about various cities on those silly-looking Segways. And, let's face it, they look like mall cops. But, at the same time, they look kinda cool, right?...
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 Giant Marilyn Monroe statue leaves Chicago for sunny Palm SpringsGoodbye Norma Jean. The giant, controversial statue of Marilyn Monroe has been taken down from Pioneer Plaza on Michigan Ave. in Chicago after a successful, one-year run featuring millions of gawking tourists. Workers snuck in around dusk yesterday and took...
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 Canadians vote Pearson voted worst airport in country in FlightNetwork pollingI had intended to write about Chicago today, but bad weather at O'Hare yesterday meant another bad flight. This time I got delayed five hours and didn't get home until 1 a.m. Plus there's a fun item here on Pearson,...
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 Chicago blog post delayed by storms - check back on MondayThis was supposed to be a blog from Chicago. Alas, it's 4:49 a.m. and I'm at home getting ready to head back to Pearson. I got to the airport in Toronto yesterday in plenty of time but our flight to...
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 Air Canada now flying to JFK as New York-Toronto air wars escalateAir Canada flew its first flight from Toronto Pearson to JFK International in New York today. It's the latest in the Toronto-New York air wars, and it's only really just getting underway. Air Canada will have three flights a day...
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 World Travel and Tourism session puts focus on recovering, lovely JapanThis special report comes from Star Travel correspondent Bert Archer in Japan.... Every year for the past 12, about a thousand executives, entrepreneurs and other travel and tourism players get together for the annual summit of the World Travel and...
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 WestJet chooses Bombardier, AirCanada TO-Montreal sale & movie improvementsThe Great Canadian Airline wars continue today, with breaking news all over the joint. My email and Twitter feeds went a little bonkers this morning, with headline after headline rolling in on all sorts of changes. Possibly the biggest news...
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 Nudist motel in Florida ... New "Signature Experiences" for Canada travel ...Gotta love Florida. It's okay to carry a concealed weapon but the idea of a nudist motel has people up in arms. Or something like that. It seems that Paul Hodge, who owns the Fawlty Towers (yes, really) motel in...
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 New "travel" site matches beautiful women + rich men. NCL awesome water parkIt's bad enough those good-looking types already get the free upgrades to business class. Now comes a site that holds out the promise of free travel to hot women. The site, called misstravel.com, looks pretty much like a dating service...
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 Dissecting sex toys in SF, Vegas party in L.A. and Great Places Canada votesIt was towards the end of the day when I was sitting at my press table here at the U.S. Travel Pow Wow meeting. I'd spent an hour and-a-half at a desk in a kind of reverse speed-dating procedure wherein...
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 Las Vegas and singer Matt Goss steal the show at tourism event, NYC news!LOS ANGELES - Leave it to Las Vegas to trump the competition. Tuesday was day two of the U.S. Tourism Pow Wow convention here in L.A., and there was a steady parade of press conferences. Orlando brought in some cute,...
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 L.A. cowboys and hockey fans; this town is way more than celebs and wannabe'sLOS ANGELES - Want to watch me go into a tirade? Tell me how L.A. is such a plastic city filled with celebrities and wannabe's. I remember reading a column in the Globe and Mail arts section a couple months...
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 The "old" downtown Los Angeles beats the new one by a country mileThere's a lot of talk in p.r. circles about the new, downtown Los Angeles. Yeah, it's come a long way. But it still ain't anything to write home about. The Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Hall is nice, but it's...
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 Los Angeles gets the rooftop bar bug: check out the Hotel Wilshire's cool spotIt's funny. New York's weather isn't much better than Toronto's and there are dozens of hotels with rooftop bars? Los Angeles, land of (almost) perpetual sunshine and a place where 18 degrees Celsius is cause for a run on down...
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 99 days to the London Summer Olympics; everyone take a deep breath!Yesterday I was talking about how recent reports that the London Olympics could cost $38 billion scared the heck out of me. It's a crazy amount, for sure. But the Games are coming and there's damned little anyone can do...
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 Brand USA about to kick start a huge campaign ... 100 days to London OlympicsIt still amazes me that the U.S. has never really had an organized tourism system. I get dozens of emails a day from Colorado tourism or the San Francisco tourism folks or the city of New York or Miami. Perhaps...
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