As a traveler with disabilities, I am well-aware of the challenges of traveling - and the great rewards! There are many more things to think of as a traveler with disabilities - access, transportation, cultural views of disability, and more. I am always learning the hard way, it seems, about both written and unspoken rules of disability travel, 22 years after my accident!
Coming up this Saturday, 1 August, it’s Flavours of Canada Day, also known asThe World’s Longest Barbecue.
According to the web site at http://www.flavoursofcanada.com
I'm so excited to share a new travel site with our Wandering Educators. I know, there are a plethora of travel sites out there. Yes. We enjoy - and participate - on many of them. But here is something new. A community of travelers in the know. CHECK. The key word is Community.
Heading to Edinburgh this month? There will be a REALLY cool event by the Edinburgh College of Art, entitled MILESTONE – live stone carving throughout the Edinburgh Art Festival. Related exhibition: 1 – 30 August 2009. Further details below.
Saturday 1 – 30 August 2009; Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4pm (closed Mondays)
Free admission.
Pauline Frommer’s Ireland: spend less see more Book Review - Giveaway OVER

Five Trust spots for autumn treats
Copper Harbor
A Sunset (and more) to Remember
One of our travel guides partners, Not For Tourists, has many funny and unique offerings for travelers on their website this week. Check out the following highlights from their London correspondents this week...
A Little Greek Hideaway
Lee Mannion
Casanova's Treats
LEDGER AND PHOTOS RECALL LIFE AT STANLEY MILLS FROM VICTORIAN TIMES TO THE 1920s
Lonely Planet: Japan (10th edition, October 2007).