If the blandness and price tag of the big resorts in
Gosier are not your cup of tea, you might be tempted
to stay at the Hotel Pergola, a run-down villa right
above the beach... Unless you bring your own lightbulbs, toilet
paper, pillow, soap and towel don't even consider it.
Read the rest of: "BYOTP (and towel; and pillow) to the Hotel Pergola"» 
Malinalco is a small town not far from Mexico City, on the way to Toluca. Despite being for years the site of a glitzy golf club and the preferred destination of a good number of vacationers, it still managed to preserve the flavor and the traditional spirit of old Mexican villages.
Read the rest of: "Malinalco - the Place of the Zacate Flower"» You no longer have to fly to
Paris
and take the TGV to
experience your favorite Provencal views! Until
January 8, 2006 you can visit Provence at the Musee
des Beaux-Arts in Montreal, for the exhibition "Right
under the Sun. Landscape in Provence, from Classicism
to Modernism".
Read the rest of: "Provence in Montreal"» 
La Soufrière is an extinct volcano. This doesn't mean
extinct like the dinosaurs, it just means that the
volcano is not exploding *at the moment*.
Read the rest of: "Postcard from Guadeloupe: La Soufrière"» 
Judging from the 6 or 7 buses of Japanese tourists
armed with tripods and zoom lenses that could launch
canonballs I saw unloading beside Lac des Sables, the
Laurentien mountains (a.k.a. les Laurentides) of
Quebec possess fall foliage that draws a very
international crowd.
Read the rest of: "The Little Train of the North"» 
There are two important things I learned from my recent whale-watching trip. One: whales come in all sizes, mostly smaller than you think. And two: whales are not dolphins!
Read the rest of: "Whale Watching In Quebec"» 
If the idea of covering the 800-year history of Russian art in one day of
serious museum hiking sounds appealing to you, New York Guggenheim's
"Russia!" exhibition has been put together with you in mind.
Read the rest of: "Russia! At! The! Guggenheim!"» 
Part of the Eastern Townships, Magog is a small
village on the shores of Lake Memphremagog. It's a half
hour from the Vermont border, and about an hour (and a
century or so) away from Montreal.
Read the rest of: "Magog, Eastern Townships of Quebec"» Something you might want to consider this Saturday if
you're in Montreal and are into electronic
music, video, and freebies: a free performance
at the National Film Board
where one of my friends will be VJ'ing.
Read the rest of: "Nuit Blanche 2005"» 
Ok, I am kidding. No revolutions. Just abstract sculpture with
a hefty price tag.
Nevertheless, if you're curious to see what
all that buzz is about, come and see "The Gates" in
Central Park during the next two weeks.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude,
the two people behind the project (artistically and financially) say that
once it's gone it's really GONE!
Read the rest of: "New York's Orange Revolution"»
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