Send us Fan Mail Travel Expert Onanta Forbes continued her travels through Eastern Canada last week which included a stop in Montreal so we'll catch up with her once again to get the highlights. Plus, we'll talk about the growing problem of anti-tourism in some destinations. We'll chat with an analy…Send us Fan Mail Travel Expert Onanta Forbes continued her travels through Eastern Canada last week which included a stop in Montreal so we'll catch up with her once again to get the highlights. Plus, we'll talk about the growing problem of anti-tourism in some destinations. We'll chat with an analyst from a company called Riskline on why we're seeing a tourism backlash and destinations that are trying to balance the need for tourism versus too many tourists. Support the showmore
Montreal is a city often split between English and French languages and cultures, but one thing that almost all residents can get behind is cheering on their beloved hockey team, the Canadiens. This isn't just your run-of-the-mill, sports-crazed city, however. The love of hockey here runs much deepe…Montreal is a city often split between English and French languages and cultures, but one thing that almost all residents can get behind is cheering on their beloved hockey team, the Canadiens. This isn't just your run-of-the-mill, sports-crazed city, however. The love of hockey here runs much deeper. It's tied to both the history of the game's creation as well as the identity of the Quebecois people, who've come to see their hometown team as a powerful symbol of their nationhood, even though they're still officially part of Canada.
On this episode of Far From Home -- which I originally reported for Here and There, a Canadian Geographic travel podcast -- I visit Montreal where I attend a game amid 20,000 cheering fans, and I even take my own hockey lesson. By the end of my trip, it's clear that what started out as a simple sports story is actually about something much deeper and more meaningful.
Thanks to Liz Beatty and Black Cabin Studios for permission to share this story with the Far From Home audience. Thanks also to Clark McLeod, Mario Lambert, Emma Jacobs, Tourism Montreal, Destination Canada, and Excellent Ice.
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Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast travel expert Onanta Forbes will join me to talk about Travel Blunders, what they are and how to possibly avoid them. Plus, the Montreal en Lumiere Festival takes place from Feb. 27 to March 9, it's an annual festival that involves food, music and all kinds of…Send us Fan Mail On this week's podcast travel expert Onanta Forbes will join me to talk about Travel Blunders, what they are and how to possibly avoid them. Plus, the Montreal en Lumiere Festival takes place from Feb. 27 to March 9, it's an annual festival that involves food, music and all kinds of fun activities so we'll get some insight on Montreal en Lumiere. And Ken Stewart from Crowfoot Travel Solutions will be along with a few destination ideas and travel deals with our Weekly Roundup....more
In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I'm thrilled to be recording an in-person podcast episode while sitting in the podcast studio I build in my garage. Sometimes things just work out and this happened to be the case with Boban Chaldovich, a Montreal based bikepacker with nearly 30 ye…In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures Podcast, I'm thrilled to be recording an in-person podcast episode while sitting in the podcast studio I build in my garage. Sometimes things just work out and this happened to be the case with Boban Chaldovich, a Montreal based bikepacker with nearly 30 years' experience of bike travel. It just so happened that Boban was cycling home from Toronto, after a 6500km bikepacking trip in the Balkans, Colombia and Mexico. Having cycled over 100,000km since the mid-90's it was really exciting to have a chance to sit back, hear about some of his early travels, talk bikes and even pause the episode mid-way through just so I could go look at his setup once again. I hope you all enjoy listening to this episode as much as I did recording it.
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In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I take a little time to record a solo episode where I talk through my recent attempt on the Canadian Shield XL, a 1200km adventure that takes the rider through a large swath of Western Quebec, from the Ouareau Forest to the north of Montreal, all t…In this episode of the Bikepack Adventures podcast, I take a little time to record a solo episode where I talk through my recent attempt on the Canadian Shield XL, a 1200km adventure that takes the rider through a large swath of Western Quebec, from the Ouareau Forest to the north of Montreal, all the way up to Mont Laurier in the north, Otter Lake in the West and Chelsea, Quebec in the South. With an elevation gain of approximately 16,000m, but more realistically closer to 20,000m, this route incorporates as much singletrack and forest roads as possible, while also giving opportunities to rest while crushing some rail trail.
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