Beaches and Islands

7-day, 6-night culinary tour in British Columbia, CANADA, Sept. 19-25, 2021. Group limit, 12. Highlights: In Victoria, tastings for craft beer, macarons, pierogis, chocolate, plus Fan Tan Alley (Chinatown), Bastion Square/kayaking in Sooke Basin, home to seals, otters, eagles/in Duncan, Westholme Tea Company, Averill Creek Vineyard Estate wine tasting/Chemainus wall murals/Morningstar Farm robotic milker demo, cheese tasting/goats grazing on roof at Old Country Market in Coombs. $2,160 ppdo. Single supp., $610.

6-day, 5-night family adventure in FINLAND, Dec. 23-28, 2021. Highlights: Transfer from Rovaniemi to resort for reindeer safari, visit from Santa Claus with children’s gifts, shaman ceremony for crossing Arctic Circle/ice fishing, dogsledding, eSled snowmobiling (thermal outfit provided). $3,329 per person, double occupancy (ppdo); $7,788, family triple (total), or $9,157, family quad (total). A family is two adults and one or two children age 6-12.

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories from a tiny Danish island — a reminder of the fun that awaits us at the other end of this crisis.

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories from one of my favorite Greek isles — a reminder of the fun that awaits us at the other end of this crisis.

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite memories from Portugal — a reminder of the fun that awaits us at the other end of this crisis.