Bike back in time on Tay Shore Trail

It's a simple wooden bridge over the winding Wye River, along Southern Georgian Bay's new Tay Shore Trail, just an hour and a half north of Toronto. Cross the bridge on your bike, and cycle back in time in historic Huronia with Janie Robinson in this Toronto Star online story at www.thestar.com/travel/article/660001

Newfoundland-Spirits of the Vikings

Clayton Colbourne grew up playing with ghosts - the spirits of Vikings that lived on the grassy shores of of L'Anse aux Meadows fishing village more than 1,000 years ago. Join Janie Robinson as she follows the trail of Norse explorers on Newfoundland's remote Great Northern Peninsula. Janie's Toronto Star newspaper travel story, photos and Norway Viking video at http://www.thestar.com/travel/article/640049

Video - Norway Vikings

Residents of Oslo, Norway have always known that the Vikings arrived in North America before Christopher Columbus. They just had trouble proving it, until a Viking site was discovered in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Take a look at Janie Robinson's video in the Toronto Star online at www.thestar.com/videozone/634821

Celebrating The Fall of the Wall in Germany

On this 20th anniversary of 'The Fall of the Wall', a reunited Germany has good reason to celebrate. Janie Robinson explores this country without borders in her current travel column in the May/June 2009 Simcoe Life Magazine, pages 28 to 30. www.simcoelife.ca/sites/simcoelife_ca/upload/PDFs/2009-may-simcoelife2.pdf

Enjoy some Fresh Air

Join Janie Robinson on CBC Radio Fresh Air, and celebrate the unofficial start to summer here in Ontario. Hiking, biking, boating, fishing, camping and geocaching - join Janie live on CBC's Fresh Air between 8 and 8:30 am on Saturday, May 9, 2009. You can listen-in anytime and find a list of Janie's suggested Weekend Getaway websites at www.cbc.ca/freshair.

Hawaii Five-O

The Islands of Aloha are in celebration mode this year and Janie Robinson finds ways you can join the party! As Hawaii proudly honours the presidential election of a favourite son, the state also celebrates 50 years as the 50th state in America. Janie takes you from Obamamania is O'ahu to anniversary deals on The Big Island, in the April 2009 issue of DreamScapes Magazine, Pages 14-16. www.dreamscapes.intuidoc.com/Apr09/

Biking Berlin

Join Janie Robinson on a Berlin Wall bike tour on this 20th anniversary of "The Fall of the Wall" for chilling stores of families and friends literally separated overnight, in this March 19, 2009 travel story in the Toronto Star newspaper.
www.thestar.com/printArticle/603781