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Full Mountie: My Days as a RCMP Cadet

  By Robert Reid | October 29, 2011 - 9:09 am | , , ,
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A few months ago the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Depot Division (Regina, Saskatchewan) invited me to spend a couple nights and a (full) day training as a “mountie.” It’s a rare opportunity. Apparently only five civilians before me had had the chance — and I was apparently the only one to get a regulation moustache. This Lonely Planet video sums up the … Read on →

Going to Canada

  By Robert Reid | September 9, 2011 - 1:59 pm | ,
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Tomorrow I head on a three-city visit to Canada: Toronto, Montreal and St John’s in Newfoundland. It’s part of a series of seven videos of seven Canadian cities and how one can ‘experience a place like a local.’ It’s far from my first time there (that would be age nine to Alberta; above). But to prep, I’ve been reading books like mad. Canadian … Read on →

76-Second Travel Show: ‘Monopoly Travel to Atlantic City’

  By Robert Reid | October 5, 2010 - 11:05 am | , , , ,
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Atlantic Ave, Atlantic City Monopoly tour

Episode #043 F E A T U R I N G  *  1 8 2 *  B O N U S  *  S E C O N D S   Question: Can a Monopoly board be used as a guidebook? Why yes! In Atlantic City, it can. Parker Brothers first published Monopoly 75 years ago this year — it began in various forms … Read on →

Vienna’s Top 1: Artful Pencil Displays

  By Robert Reid | September 24, 2010 - 8:56 am | ,
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I’ve been calling the act of tying a sweater around one’s neck, or draping a coat over one’s shoulders as ‘Vienna style’ ever since I spent a few too many days there on a four-day visit 18 years ago. I had ended up Vienna on a Eurail-free trip across Eastern Europe 18 years ago. I had come in via Bratislava and expected to … Read on →