Christmas cards keep arriving, whether delayed by post office inertia, actual mail strikes or our move to a historic lake-side town, it’s hard to say, but they do belatedly remind us of friends in distant places.
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Time for a change. Time to move on. Our new Niagara-on-the-Lake home beckons.
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Following a Covid-induced shut down in March of 2020, most cruise lines returned to service last year with varying health and safety protocols for passengers that seem to change by the month. The results have been mixed.
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Britain’s National Railway Museum in York is huge and better than that, it is free and indoors, so exploring the monsters of the steam age is pleasant whatever the weather.
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After being stuck in pandemic dry dock for 18 months, wannabe travellers are scanning the high seas again in search of the perfect winter cruise. Here are seven top picks for “revenge cruising” in the sun this winter, assuming that new COVID-19 variants don’t put us back in travel lockdowns.
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Since introducing vaccine mandates this past summer, outbreaks of Covid-19 on cruise ships have been well below levels reported on land in many countries, and most of the cases at sea have been mild. This should not be surprising given that more than 96 per cent of people aboard cruise ships in the past six months have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Architect Sir John Soane’s former houses in the centre of London are packed with his extraordinary collection of paintings, archaeological objects, models and architectural drawings. It is beyond weird and the most fun you can have in a small museum. And as a bonus it has the sarcophagus of an Egyptian pharaoh.
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For decades, Iceland was seen as a sleepy tourist destination that appealed mainly to adventure-minded travellers who explored the country by land. But the country’s rugged coastline, improved flight access, and quick reopening to tourists post-COVID-19 lockdowns, has turned Iceland into one of the hottest cruise markets in the world.
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Canada has been put on the green list for the UK and travel across the pond is possible again. I’m off as soon as I can get organized.
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Last month I flew in the pilot’s seat to Barbados, St Martin, Las Vegas, Hong Kong and London in a 777, a big plane to handle for a novice.
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Gentlemans Portion 