Story and video Germany's Passionate Pastimes

Germany's picture postcard Bavarian village of Oberammergau is world famous for two timeless traditions –woodcarving and passion plays. Janie Robinson explores both in her Toronto Star travel story Oberammergau passion play at tradition that endures and her J-Walk Travel Media web video Germany's Passionate Pastimes.

Cyprus' Wild West

Discover one of Cyprus's last remaining wildernesses in Janie Robinson's Toronto Star travel story www.thestar.com/travel/europe/article/805441--discovering-the-wild-west-in-cyprus.

Bermuda's honey of a spa

Bermuda's new Tucker's Point Hotel & Spa creates a buzz with a sweet specialty that leaves your skin silky smooth. Janie Robinson learns all about the secret life of Bermuda bees in her Toronto Star travel story at www.thestar.com/travel/article/763486--bermuda-spa-offers-up-a-honey-of-a-treatment

CUBA'S INTRIGUING CULTURE

The heart of Cuban culture vibrates in its people, history, architecture and sexy music. Janie Robinson takes you beyond Cuba's beaches in the Winter-Spring 2010 issue of DreamScapes Magazine.

Snow in Ski Country - Janie on CBC Fresh Air

Where's winter? Join Janie Robinson on CBC radio and discover winter getaways in Ontario's ski country. Listen in at www.cbc.ca/freshair/2010/01/wheres_winterdesign_duobest_re.html
and check these websites for winter fun north of the GTA...
Travel North of Toronto http://www.400eleven.com/
Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs http://www.ofsc.on.ca/
Accu weather web cams http://www.accu-window-weather.com/

Toronto Star memorable moments

Janie Robinson joins fellow Toronto Star travel writers in recalling some of their memorable moments of 2009. Join Janie as she tackles the via ferrata to the Piz Trovat, a 3,146-metre summit in Diavolezza, Switzerland. Find out more about Janie's breathtaking Swiss Alps adventure and her happy soak in Europe's highest outdoor Jacuzzi, in this Toronto Star travel feature online at www.thestar.com/news/yearinreview/article/742712--travel-writers-share-their-2009-highlights

Cuba's Hot!

Cuba is expecting a record-breaking one million Canadians this winter. Janie Robinson finds out why Cuba's hot with Snowbirds in her Toronto Star travel story online at www.thestar.com/travel/beachsun/article/736663--cuba-looks-to-net-a-million-canadian