Tammy Horne, a participant on our culinary tour to Vietnam this past March, has had some time to reflect on the tour and decided to share her thoughts with us. Having been back for just over a month, she reflects on Ha Noi’s culture, cuisine, and shares some of her favourite memories from the tour. [...]
23
Apr
Vietnam on our Mind
Our Vietnam Food and Wine tour has just returned home and we have a Literary Adventure to Vietnam departing this fall; an opportune time to share some fascinating information and tidbits about the country and its culture. Many thanks to Jon Hall for sharing this information from the Vietnam Food and Wine Tour! Water Puppet [...]
18
Apr
Back from Base Camp
Our trek to Everest Base Camp has returned – alive and well we might add! We are pleased to report that everyone completed their mission and stood at Everest Base Camp, as shown in the above photo from Robin Tapley. For anyone interested in doing something similar, this 10-day trek is an ideal way [...]
16
Apr
Letters from Burma
We’re preparing a reading list for our upcoming trips to Burma and finding a wonderfully intesting number of books to recommend. The one that I’m reading now is a re-issue second edition of a 1997 book by Aung San Su Kyi. It’s a compilation of weekly newspaper articles on Burmese culture, daily life, and politics written [...]
13
Apr
Rick Phillips on the music of Stravinsky
Rick Phillips is hosting our “Celebration of Music in Dresden and Berlin”, November 23 – December 1, 2012. One of the performances we’re planning to attend at the SemperOper in Dresden is “Les Ballets Russes – Reloaded” which presents some of Stravinsky’s most important compositions including a new version of »Le sacre du printemps«, the crowning [...]
12
Apr
Vietnam Food Tour – Update from Tammy Horne
Tammy Horne is one of our most enthusiastic travellers – she’s travelled with us on many of our Food and Wine tours, led by Gail Hall. This winter Gail took a group to Vietnam and Cambodia for an amazing culinary adventure. Tammy reported back from her first week on the road in Vietnam and we’re delighted [...]
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