Turning A Rental House Into A Home (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Mark Stone) Home renters never imagine staying in one place forever and
usually don't but that doesn't mean they have to live with the
basic, boring walls, carpets, windows and general style that
rental houses come with. There are several simple, easy steps
one c...
Getting Your Message Across With Good Rapport (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Mark Spall) I bet you have had times when you have walked into a shop and
felt immediately welcome. I'm also pretty sure that you've had
occasions where you've felt just the opposite. What was the
difference? What happened in the place that created that welcome
f...
One of Toronto's Biggest Festivals (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) Just recently I had a chance to sit down with Natasha Garda,
Co-Chair, and Leon Mar, Media Coordinator of Pride Toronto.
Pride Week is the fun and fabulous arts and culture festival
that happens in the last week of June each year in Toronto.
Pride Wee...
Interview with US Servas (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) How to become a concerned traveler, not just a tourist..
Servas travelers are warmly welcomed in more than 15,000 homes
throughout the world.
You know by now that one of my underlying goals for this web
site is to encourage intercultural exchange...
"Doors Open" - Toronto's Architectural Festival - Free of (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) You may have figured out by now that I am bit of an architecture
buff. Well, the great thing is, since 2000 Toronto has its very
own free-access architecture weekend where you can get access to
more than 140 interesting buildings, many of which are usu...
The Traveller Next Door (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) 8. Turkey is primarily an Islamic country. How does that
manifest itself in day-to-day life? How did that affect you as a
foreigner, particularly as a female expatriate?
Being an Islamic country, you hear the calls from the Mosque
several times a da...
The Traveller Next Door (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) 5. You also spent a significant amount of time in Turkey. Please
tell us where and how did that come about?
The first time I visited Turkey was July of 1978. My travel
companions were two gay friends, one from Jordan and one from
Britain. We took va...
The Traveller Next Door (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) My friend Carol, a wonderful and unique woman in her early 50s,
is a high school math teacher, a gifted painter, a very decent
piano player, and what else - a world traveller. I only really
met her about a year ago or so, but once I found out all the
...
Sue Kenney and the Camino de Santiago (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) I am very happy to be able to present to you Sue Kenney, a very
fascinating individual, a consummate athlete and master rower, a
pilgrim to one of the world's biggest pilgrimage destinations -
Spain's Camino de Santiago, a best-selling author, sought-a...
Interview with Ivana Grzetic - Former Miss Universe Croatia - (Fri Dec 9th, 2005 07:47:48 PM, by Susanne Pacher) In one of my searches on the Internet about interesting travel
websites I found a site on sea kayaking in the Adriatic. I
contacted the webmaster to do a mutual link exchange and upon
further investigation, I asked Ivana, one of the founders of the
we...