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Biscuit Love is one of the many restaurants on Goldbelly which now ships to Canada (Handout photo)
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Goldbelly now delivers iconic American dishes north of the border

August 19, 2024October 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Biscuit Love is hardly the only restaurant teaming up with Goldbelly. You can order from a long list of mouth-watering items from an impressive array of

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The Patsy Cline Museum in Nashville is an example of the kind of one-note museum that can last only as long as there's someone who remembers them. (Handout photo)
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Sic transit gloria mundi: Will music star museums fade away?

August 16, 2024October 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

While visiting the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas recently, I wondered how much longer a museum dedicated to a rock and roll singer who

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Airplane cabins are either too cold or too hot. Can they ever be just right?

August 2, 2024October 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

As a video that went viral this week over an argument over an airline blanket proved, tempers can get heated over the temperature in airplane

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Looking east from the observation deck of the St. Louis Arch (Photo by Mark Stachiew)
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The soaring St. Louis Arch is impressive to look at, but the view from the top is even more spectacular

July 24, 2024October 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

I was familiar enough with the St. Louis Arch to know it was the city’s most famous landmark, but it wasn’t until I visited for

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airport stopover
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Explore a new city by taking advantage of free airline stopover offers

July 8, 2024October 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

A great way to see more of the world is to tap into free stopover programs offered by different airlines. These programs encourage travellers to

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Saskatoon is one of several cities which lays claim to the title, the Paris of the Prairies.
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Can’t make it to France for the Olympics? Visit these 10 cities that are the Paris of Somewhere Else

July 4, 2024October 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

This July, the eyes of the world will be looking at Paris as it hosts the Summer Olympics, but what about all of those other

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Prairie dogs may be a pest to farmers, but to tourists, they are the cutest thing ever. (Photo by Mark Stachiew)
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Go to Lubbock for Buddy Holly, but stay for the prairie dogs

June 10, 2024November 19, 2024 Mark Stachiew

The Texas panhandle city of Lubbock is famous as the birthplace of the late Rock & Roll legend Buddy Holly, but one of the city’s

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Mark with a stingray in Antigua
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Hanging out with the rays at Stingray City in Antigua

May 14, 2024July 24, 2024 Mark Stachiew

The first thing they teach you about feeding stingrays by hand at Stingray City in Antigua is to make sure your thumb doesn’t stick up

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About Mark Stachiew

Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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    There weren’t a lot of cloudless nights in July There weren’t a lot of cloudless nights in July and I was travelling post of the month so this months astrophotography opportunities were limited. I concentrated my efforts on the vast stretches of the Milky Way directly overhead in the constellation Cygnus using my Seestar S50 and a newly acquired Dwarflab 3.
    The Museu Militar dos Açores in Forte de São Brás in Ponta Delgada is a bit of a hodge podge of exhibits, but it’s worth a visit for the views from the old fortifications.
    Highlights of a 10-hour layover in Ponta Delgada i Highlights of a 10-hour layover in Ponta Delgada in the Azores.
    One of these things is not like the other. Tiny cr One of these things is not like the other. Tiny critters spotted in Madeira.
    Spent the morning exploring the lovely Palheiro Ga Spent the morning exploring the lovely Palheiro Gardens outside of Funchal in Madeira. It’s part of the vast Blandy family estate and if a must visit for anyone with a horticultural bent.
    When the clouds touch the ground, the ancient laur When the clouds touch the ground, the ancient laurel trees of the UNESCO heritage Fanal Forest in Madeira island take on a mystical air.
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