At home there's the backyard garden, the local co-op farmers market and the stash of homemade pickles, but on the road, what's a food-loving locavore to do? Track down a farm-to-hotel of course.
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Is Farm-To-Hotel The Latest Lodging Trend?
At home there's the backyard garden, the local co-op farmers market and the stash of homemade pickles, but on the road, what's a food-loving locavore to do? Track down a farm-to-hotel of course.
Hotel restaurants aren't normally at the top of the list of a traveler's ...Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Makes First Music Video In Space
It's official. We Canadians rock. If William Shatner and Bryan Adams aren't enough for you, there's Chris Hadfield. He's an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency and has become hugely popular with his videos about life aboard the International Space Station, answering ...
Northern Lights Best Viewed At Sea, On A Yacht, French Style
Considering a trip to see the Northern Lights? This year may very well be the best time to go. 2013 is the height of the 11-year solar cycle. September and October offer peak activity. They can be seen in Alaska, Norway, Finland and Canada on a clear night. Better yet, try ...Fiddles, Bagpipes And Empty Beaches On Cape Breton's Cabot And Ceilidh Trails
After driving for miles on a dirt road through the pitch darkness and seeing no signs of life anywhere, I was certain we were lost. It was a perfect early August evening in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and we were looking for the Thursday night square dance in Glencoe Mills, a ...Photo Of The Day: Pitt Meadows Riverfront
This Photo of the Day, titled "Pitt Meadows Riverfront," comes from Gadling Flickr pool member James Wheeler and was captured using a Nikon D600.
James captions the image, "The sun rising from behind the mountains to light up Pitt Meadows," which is a city in ...Got A Complaint About Your Airline? A Photo Will Do Nicely
This one caught our attention anyway.
[Photo credit - reddit user doomguts]
...Hyperlapse Tool Takes Google Street View To A Whole New Level
Google Street View was a boon to desk- and couch-bound wanderers when it debuted back in 2007, but even the most fervent Street View explorers would agree that the endless clicking is a bit of a chore.
Enter a free online tool that uses Street View images to create ...
Photo Of The Day: Mount Revelstoke National Park View
This Photo of the Day, titled "Mount Revelstoke National Park View," comes from one of my favorite Gadling Flickr pool members James Wheeler. I like James' work for more than its visual appeal too. Rather than simply posting a photo (like I do), James adds detail about ...Healthy Spa Travel Becoming A Popular Option
Not all that long ago, ask just about any travel agent about "Spa Travel" and they would probably not have known what you were talking about. Hotels have had spas and nicely equipped exercise centers for decades. Cruise lines promote spa treatments on ships at sea almost ...Three More Ski Resorts Join The Mountain Collective
Way back in August of last year we told you about the Mountain Collective, a group of independent ski resorts in North America that had joined forces to offer skiers and snowboarders access to each of their mountains at an amazing price. The collaboration between these ...New Spring Road Trip Options Save Money And Time
March 20 is the first day of spring and for those in the northern plains of the United States, the day just can't get here fast enough. Battered by late winter storms, spring road trip thoughts were put on hold as attention was drawn to record snowfalls. Spring will ...Edmonton: Three Boars, Perfect Cocktails
Before a recent trip to Edmonton I did my standard restaurant research. All trails seemed to lead to a place called Three Boars Eatery, located happily enough just a few blocks from my hotel in the neighborhood of Old Strathcona. I left a message requesting a booking the ...Canadian Space Agency Video: How To Cut Your Nails In Space And Other Tips For Living With Zero Gravity
What's daily life like on the International Space Station? The public has lots of questions, so the Canadian Space Agency, with the help of their astronaut Chris Hadfield, is giving out some answers. Hadfield is currently on the ISS and in this video shows how to clip your ...
'Riding Shotgun' Takes Viewers On A Comic Travel Adventure
Have you ever watched a travel show and felt that the glossy representation of the destination was just a little bit too perfect? As though real travel, with all its crazy, kooky experiences, was so much more than that? That's exactly how Zach Anner – a ...
Friday Rocket Blast To Be Streamed Live
Earlier this week, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) fired up their Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft in a successful test to prepare for launch to the International Space Station, set for Friday, March 1, at 10:10 a.m. EST. Space travel fans can follow along ...Video: A Week In The Life Of The International Space Station
The International Space Station is one of the wonders of modern technology. A series of interconnected orbital modules are home to a rotating crew of astronauts and cosmonauts plus a host of ongoing experiments. While the ISS only gets into the news every now and then, ...
Why We're All Drinking 'Canadian' Beer
A few facts about beer:
In ancient Babylonia, where the first beer was supposedly made, they took the sudsy stuff so seriously that if you made a bad batch, you'd be drowned.
The Vikings' version of heaven, Valhalla, was really a great meat and beer hall in the ...Low-Cost Travel Insurance Offered For Adventure Travelers
Start talking about anything even remotely related to the topic of travel insurance and odds are the conversation will be short. This is not something that travelers dream about, plan for or share with their social networks. No one we know of has a scrapbook of insurance ...Google Maps Adds Data For 38 Ski Resorts
For my money, Google Maps is one of the greatest technological advances of all times. Whether I'm at home or traveling to some new destination, it helps me to find restaurants, museums, shops and other points of interest, then routes me to those locations by car, foot or ...Bryan Adams Opens Photography Exhibition In Düsseldorf
For any child of the '80s, Bryan Adams is that clean-cut Canadian rock star with a steady string of hits. While he's not as big as he once was, he's still making great music and going on tour.
What many people don't know about him is that he's also an accomplished ...
