GUEST BLOG – French Immersion with Sean Forester, Lisa Pasold and Ann Kirkland
In Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris, the central character gets into a taxi and finds himself transported back to […]
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TORONTO PURSUITS – Prime the pump at Stratford, July 12-14, 2013
A perfect prologue to Toronto Pursuits (July 14-19) is a weekend of world class theatre at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
GUEST BLOG – Rosemary Gould on Civil War trip: understanding the Confederate experience
Rosemary Gould, of Charlottesville, Virginia, will lead our trip, The American Civil War, to Richmond, Virginia from March 1-5,2013. Rosemary
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Early reflections on Vietnam and Cambodia, pt. 1 of 2
Our last days in Cambodia were packed with magnificent and mysterious Angkor temples and local culture. Heat and humidity sapped
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GUEST BLOG – Gary Schoepfel from the Mekong
When I travel I sometimes forget my ears. I venture out with camera in hand and eyes wide open. I
GUEST BLOG – Colin Campbell, from Toronto, tries to understand Vietnamese communism
Trying to explain Vietnam in a few sentences is like trying to complete a large abstract motif jigsaw puzzle in
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – The Mekong at night
It is cocktail hour on the ‘sun deck’ of the RV Bassac Pandaw. It it pitch black outside and we
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Scenes from Saigon
This is the Chinatown of Saigon and the primary setting of “The Headmaster’s Wager” by Vincent Lam, the book were
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ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Final thoughts from Vietnam
We are in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and have been on the Mekong River for the past few days, without Internet.
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Confused by Communism in Vietnam
On flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly, and often still, known as Saigon). First, I want to
