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Ed and Jenny: Tub Time, New Stuff and Browser History!
21/07/10 12:48 Filed in: Ed and Jenny | Humor
Taking a brief pause from the travel theme that predominates this website, today I bring you my three latest “Ed and Jenny” episodes. If you’re new to these, it’s an animated comedy series I’m working on with Billy Reid, produced by 2: The Source for Couples. Each episode is a minute - think of it as a video snack - and you can catch up on the whole series here on my Ed and Jenny page!
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Sleeping Around: Grand Manan Island
17/07/10 10:57 Filed in: Sleeping Around | Canada
GRAND MANAN ISLAND, NEW BRUNWSICK – As the captain of a whale watching vessel for over three decades, James Bates had season tickets to some of the sea’s greatest shows: majestic marine life, rare birds and rugged coastlines.
You know what else he witnessed in those very waters? Fishermen heaving trash overboard.
So in 1994, when Bates got his land legs and constructed a handful of tourist cabins, it was no ordinary resort. Castalia Marsh Retreat sprouted straight out of Bates’ concern for the planet.
“We can make heaven on earth or we can make hell,” he says.
It’s clear which way he’s steering his ship.
“I try to create balance. Life to me is magic.”
It’s a quaint spot, home to three big lighthouses and a bunch of miniature offshoots that people plunk on their front lawns (a vast improvement from flamingoes, if I do say so myself).
Furthermore, the pace is slow as molasses, which is a good thing if you’re looking to get away from it all. Read More...
Take it Home...New Brunswick
Where is it? Ste. Anne de Kent
Describe it. Throughout New Brunswick, locals are buzzing about Olivier Soapery, a homegrown family business-turned-franchise that is also cleaning up in Quebec, Ontario and New York City. More than just a natural olive oil soap factory, the impressive headquarters in tiny Ste. Anne de Kent is an “economuseum” dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional soap making. There’s a dazzling shop, too, where you can buy all sorts of lovely toiletries packed in way-too-cute-to-trash boxes. This sweet butter-scented soap, for instance, is designed to refresh your own claws after a succulent (but stinky) east coast lobster feast.
How much? $9.95 at www.oliviersoaps.com
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Swept Away by the Wadden Sea
10/07/10 18:09 Filed in: Europe
NORDFRIESLAND, GERMANY – At the Wadden Sea, the wind and the waves are the kind of neighbours that would have you calling the cops: they howl, they trespass and sometimes they let themselves right in your front door.
That’s exactly what happened in 1962, when Hartwig Binge was just four years old.
“The water came inside the houses and we put the sheep in the hallway,” recalls the farmer. “My father carried me through the water to my uncle’s house, which was a bit higher.”
The phenomenon he’s describing is a “landunter,” which translates to “land under.”
Binge’s family has lived on Hallig Hooge (population: 120) for four generations. Like many longtime residents, he knows that landunters usually take place in the winter and last for a couple of days. When he senses a flood, he simply gathers in his livestock and waits.
You might think SCUBA gear is the next logical step. But for centuries, locals have built their houses on manmade mounds called warfts that become remarkable individual islands during landunters. Each house also has a reinforced “safe room”... just in case. Read More...
Ab-zorbing a New Sport
29/06/10 14:33 Filed in: Canada | Active Travel
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/kind+adventure/3204368/story.html#ixzz0sGiJu68t