prague passion

• Enjoy River Cruising On the Delightful Danube

From the splendour of Prague, a 1,000-year-old city preserved in time, to the gypsy violins of Budapest -- eastern Europe's liveliest and most cosmopolitan metropolis -- you'll treasure every moment of this memorable vacation. The delightful Danube sets the stage for an incredible cruise through the fascinating Main-Danube Canal between Budapest and Nuremberg. Enjoy a guided visit of Fisherman's Bastion with a welcome reception in Budapest, and guided sightseeing in medieval Regensburg, with a visit to the Old Chapel. Tour Melk's magnificent Benedictine Abbey (with wine tasting), experience the music, art, culture, and historical sights in romantic Vienna, and take part in a guided city walk in Durnstein, and more. The tour includes; air from Winnipeg to Budapest and return from Prague...

...A unique highlight will be the Passion Play performed every 10 years by the villagers of ...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• September 04, 2009

• Characters, Dialogue Stand Out, Not the Writing

[Valentine]'s story appears here because it's intertwined with that of Huddie Rosen, the protagonist of Toronto writer [Cary Fagan]'s fifth adult novel. It didn't work -- Valentine ended up in hospital -- but he and Huddie became friends. Huddie helped Valentine with his homework and became his audience and sounding board, especially about his passion for Marjorie, the "dark beauty of Arthur Meighen Collegiate. Questions of belonging won't go away. Huddie's friends assume he's back to stay, his mother wants to buy a house for him and his family, and his uncle Norm wants him to take over his business. Huddie feels badly for seeing so little of his mother, and toys with the idea of moving his family to Canada, but he knows Toronto isn't home any more.

... musician who's spent most of his career in Prague. At age 42 he finds that, while the music is still...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• October 15, 2009

• Travelling in a Bottle

You'll notice that this specimen is nearly empty," [Craig Lawrence] says, holding up a bottle marked 'Seine.' (That would be Paris, not St. Boniface.) "My wife and I were away once and on our way home, we phoned the babysitter to ask how everything was. She said, 'Fine, except that Matthew (the Lawrences' now 13-year-old son) is throwing up.' To date, Lawrence has landed souvenirs from Morocco (Atlantic Ocean) to Massachusetts (Boston Harbor) to Manitoba (Victoria Beach). Just don't be disappointed if, after studying his assortment, you still don't know whether or not the Red River is really red, or if the Danube is really blue. "People are sometimes surprised that they're all clear," Lawrence says. "But if you look closely, you'll see that each one does have its own bit of schmeg at ...

... ago when he and his family were living in Prague. During a weekend trip to London, Lawrence put a d... often pairs his pastime with his other passion: marathon running. The sample he netted from Edinb...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 27, 2009

• Compass

Embassy Tours invites you to join them for an information evening with Connie Sczerba of Globus & Avalon on their Continental Europe Group departure, April 9-23, 2010, and River Cruising with Avalon. The Continental Europe tour includes fabulous sightseeing, meals and special features. River Cruising with Avalon offers the most modern cruising on Europe's legendary rivers. The presentation will be held Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at 106 Goldstone Rd. Refreshments will be served. Limited seating. Please RSVP to Embassy Tours at 757-9383 or 1-800-723-8051.

...Visit the magnificient cities of Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Nurmberg and Passau. See UNESCO sites, ... Director of One Ocean, will share his passion about the polar regions and the joys of "being at ...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• October 30, 2009

• Bye-Bye, Pluto

All through history, we've changed the number of planets," [Daniel Green] said. "There used to be only seven planets. People thought the sun and the moon were planets and the Earth wasn't. Things change. "My files are overfilled with hate mail from elementary students," said Neil deGrasse Tyson, the planetarium's director, who called Pluto "a vagabond of the solar system." "I've never heard of anyone who's not a scientist who thinks Pluto is not a planet," [Steve Maran] said. "It comes down to, who owns Pluto?"

..., since a Kansas farm boy with a passion for astronomy discovered Pluto, the ninth planet. ...Pluto faces demotion. At a conference in Prague later this month, the International Astronomical U...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 11, 2009