Tag: February 2010

  • Welcome to eNewsletter February 2010

    Hello all, A belated happy new year and return to the eNewsletter to you all. IÂ’ve been back from South America for three weeks or so and have finally managed to get back into the swing of a working life & catching up with Globetrotters And how was South America ? Absolutely superb…we managed to…

  • February meeting news from the London branch

    A very busy February meeting (and catch up in The Sun public house afterwards) saw the 120 plus audience entertained & informed by two very enthusiastic & knowledgeable speakers. Both were new to the club but by listening to the number of questions and the general chat afterwards I think Anita & Odette went down…

  • January meeting news & picture from the Chester branch by Hanna & Angela

    The meeting in the Governor Museum was very well attended by over 50 people making this, the second and most successful so far, of the bi-monthly talks organised by the Chester branch of the Globetrotters Travel Club. This Saturday, 30th January, there were two talks. The first was about the popular holiday destination of Croatia…

  • Meeting news from Ontario

    For information on Ontario meetings, please contact Svatka Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel. 416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259. The Ontario branch meetings are held on the third Friday of January, March, May, September and November. Usually at the Woodsworth Co-op, Penthouse, 133, Wilton Street in downtown Toronto at 8.00 p.m.

  • Write in (1)

    After years of participating wholeheartedly in the rat-race, raising children, seeing them off to university and contemplating another 20 odd years of ploughing the same 9-5 furrow, the opportunity to escape seemed too good to miss. Susanne and I had embarked on the adventure of acquiring a holiday villa in Spain some 7 years earlier…

  • Mac says

    Regular contributor Mac ruminates on the world of travel & some of his adventures along the way. This time round heÂ’s pondering over Budget Travel Magazine asking its readers to name which they think is the most beautiful city in the world. The results will be in their October edition but they have already had…

  • Write for the eNewsletter

    If you enjoy writing & travelling, why not write for the free Globetrotters eNewsletter ! The Ant would love to hear from you: your travel stories, anecdotes, jokes, questions, hints and tips, or your hometown or somewhere of special interest to you. Over 14,000 people currently subscribe to the Globetrotter eNewsletter. Email The Ant at…

  • Web sites to muse about travel to:-

    From Francesca Jaggs re the oil company Chevron & the indigenous peoples of Ecuador – http://www.avaaz.org From Matt Doughty after visiting the Adventure Travel Show in London at the end of January:- sarah outen – round the world solo rower… http://www.sarahouten.co.uk Ali Hendessi from Kootch Adventure talks knowledgeably about Iran http://www.kootch-adventure.com/ Leigh Purnell – round…