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4
Jul

Travelling With a Grandson

When your children are older, you forget some of the things that were second nature to you, when travelling with them as youngsters. You also, with your grandchildren, are lucky enough to have a whole different relationship, not the boss and child, but the more experienced one and the less experienced one. Grand-parents are really […]

3
Jul

Portugal: TAP strike update (unchanged)

TAP Air Portugal pilots strike threat. TAP pilots threat to go on strike between 5-8 July and 1-5 August. strike.skynetblogs.be

3
Jul

Greece: Tourism workers strike July 10-11

Travelinfo.ca: Athens – Tourism workers plan a 24-hour strike, July 10-11, which will impact tourist related services at airport, ports, hotels and tour companies

3
Jul

Travel Alert from Ottawa: Bahrain

Bahrain: Exercise high degree of caution Although most Canadian visitors to Bahrain do not experience problems, travellers should exercise a high degree of caution due to protests and demonstrations and the threat of terrorist attacks. Civil unrest involving violent altercations occurred in many parts of Bahrain in 2011. The potential for civil unrest remains, as […]

28
Jun

Terrific Turkish Tour

We recently returned from a 15-day tour of western Turkey starting in Ankara and finishing in Istanbul, where we chose to stay a few extra nights. The destination was fabulous for anyone interested in culture and history. Additionally Turkey is also extremely scenic and the photography buffs in our tour group were out in full […]