Category: Eastern Canada

Hello World Travelers, For the last many months, we could partly justify our travel lockdown by saying, “we’re dreaming, planning, researching and travel virtually,” BUT there is nothing like getting out there exploring our amazing planet. Maybe … just maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel. We all can’t wait. I’ve been…

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Hello World Travelers, What a pleasure it was to have Gord Miller — one of Canada’s most famous sportscasters — join us for our Zoom call on Feb. 28. Gord spoke with us from Ottawa in his hotel room following his play-by-play broadcast of the Ottawa Senators/Calgary Flames game the night before. He recounted a…

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Hello World Travelers, I am pleased to announce that Gord Miller, one of Canada’s finest and well-known sports broadcasters, will be the featured speaker for our Travelers’ Century Club Canada Zoom call on Sunday, Feb. 28, at noon EST. Take note that the meeting has been moved to Sunday, Feb. 28, from Saturday, Feb. 27.…

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Hello World Travelers, Our topic: Running marathons in Exotic places around the world. To hear from Gloria McCoy and Steve Fuller sharing particulars about their races was amazing. Particularly the conversations about the Pyongyang North Korea Marathon — which is about as unusual and exotic you can get! Also hearing them recounting their runs during…

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Hello World Travelers, Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit such out of-the-way places like North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda and Mongolia? Likely many of you have been. But can you imagine running a 26.2-mile marathon while you visited? Well, two fascinating, energetic, well-traveled TCC members — Gloria McCoy and Steve…

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  Hello World Travelers (most of us stranded at home for a while), Thanks to everyone who joined our Mount Everest themed Zoom call recently. A warm TCC Canada welcome was given to new provisional member Carolyn Keyes. Having overcome some early ‘Zoom technical issues, we were then treated to a terrific presentation with Erwin…

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Hello World Travelers, We are in for a treat on Saturday, Oct.24, at noon EST on our TCC Canada Zoom call. Our speaker is Erwin Sniedzins, who is a TCC Canada member and is one of the few folks on the planet that have climbed Mount Everest. He wrote a book about the experience call…

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Hello World Travelers (Stuck at home – but many who are exploring Canada), What a pleasure it was to connect on Sept. 19 to share our passion for travel. Just listening to everyone boosted my spirits and reminded me that there will be an end to this ‘travel embargo’ and we’ll be crossing borders again…

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Hello World Travelers, Yes, we have all been subjected to the same ‘house rules’ and continue to be “grounded” internationally for a little while more. The good news is that we all have been given the opportunity this year to explore our vast amazing country of Canada — sea to sea. Tons of opportunities to…

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Thanks to those of you who participated in the TCC Canada Chapter meeting via a virtual Zoom in May. Great fun! The intent was to make it as interactive as possible by asking those on the call: “If the pandemic ended tomorrow, what would be your first country destination, and why?” We had some interesting…

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