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Winterlude Launches in Ottawa

Posted: 01/20/10 4:45PM
Filed Under: TravelCanada Travel Guide Family TravelOntarioWinter Events

This year's festival lineup includes skating, dancing and knitting:

Ghoulish Maze Worth Haunting

Posted: 10/27/09 12:34PM
Filed Under: Canada Travel Guide Family TravelNova ScotiaOctober Festivals & Events

Children in a corn maze.
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What is it about a labyrinthine jungle of giant corn stalks that reduces us to a giggling gaggle of gadabouts? Maybe it has something to do with returning to a child’s eye view of the world where everything towers over you ... or maybe it’s not knowing what lurks around the next bend.

Top 10 Travel Destinations for Twilight Fans

Posted: 10/09/09 11:54AM
Filed Under: TravelFamily TravelPop Culture

New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight saga, will be hitting theaters on November 20th. To satiate your thirst for teen vampire angst until the movie's premiere, why not take a trip to one of these destinations perfect for the Twilight-obsessed?

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Travel Tips for Twilight Fans
Quileute Reservation, Washington: The area is known for its whale watching, surfing, fishing, and beautiful, rugged beaches. Twilight's beach scenes, including the one in which Jacob tells Bella about the ancient "cold ones", take place on First Beach at La Push.
By VancityAllie, Flickr.com
Christian Charisius, Reuters

Travel Tips for Twilight Fans

    Forks is where the love story of Edward and Bella began, and where most of the action in the four Twilight books takes place.

    By debcha, Flickr.com

    The area is known for its whale watching, surfing, fishing, and beautiful, rugged beaches. Twilight's beach scenes, including the one in which Jacob tells Bella about the ancient "cold ones", take place on First Beach at La Push.

    By VancityAllie, Flickr.com

    Several scenes in the Twilight saga take place in the Hoh rainforest in Washington. It's one of the few temperate rainforests in the US and one of the largest in the world.

    By aschweigert, Flickr.com

    The movie didn't shoot in Volterra, but in nearby Montepulciano. If you want to see the fountain that Bella runs across to stop Edward before he steps into the sun in all his sparkly glory, you're out of luck. The town square in Montepulciano does not have a fountain, one was constructed specifically for the movie shoot.

    By lo.tangelini, Flickr.com

Time Travel With Alexander Keith's Beer

Posted: 10/02/09 3:09PM
Filed Under: Canada Travel Guide Family TravelHalifaxLocal ColourNova Scotia

Alexander Keith's Brewery Tour in Halifax, Nova Scotia
By kitonlove, Flickr.com

If you're looking for a way to travel back in time but find yourself lacking a Delorean, look no further than a tour through the Alexander Keith's brewery in Halifax, N.S.

Zoo Evolution: Moncton’s Magnetic Hill Zoo Blossoms Into One of Canada’s Finest

Posted: 09/12/09 11:35AM
Filed Under: Canada Travel Guide Family TravelNew BrunswickZoos and Animal Parks

It's small but mighty, hear its roar! Moncton's Magnetic Hill Zoo has been rated Canada's third best. Read on to find out how it got its reputation for excellence.

British Theme Park Bans Speedos

Posted: 08/11/09 3:35PM
Filed Under: TravelAmusement ParksFamily Travel

By reflexblue, flickr.com

British theme park Alton Towers has decided that guests wearing Speedos are no longer welcome in their park.

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