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Ottawa Ghost Stories and a Chilling Late Night Walk Through the Old Carleton Jail

October 31, 2013 By Emme Rogers 18 Comments

Death Row at the old Carleton County Jail

  What better way to spend Halloween night, after the Trick or Treaters have long disappeared from the streets then by returning to a dark and bone chilling Ottawa night.  A night when I was introduced to Ottawa residents that are only ever discussed in hush tones. A night in which, if you were a Catholic, you might be slipping holy water into your pocket and a crucifix … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Canada, Emme Rogers, History, Nerding Out, Ontario, Our Travelers, Sleeps, Specialty Tagged With: ghosts, Ottawa

Wandering Through History at the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

June 22, 2012 By Erica Hargreave 11 Comments

For those of us that love to travel back in time, exploring history and anthropology, the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities is really a bit of a dream, as there are not many places you can go back further in human history, especially right from it's source.  And this is a museum that I really never expected to be walking inside.     Now love of history … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Africa, All Aboard!, Around the World, Egypt, Erica Hargreave, History, Middle East, Nerding Out, Our Travelers, Specialty Tagged With: Cairo, Egypt, Giza, history

‘Anthro… What?’ from the Road to Fayoum

April 22, 2012 By Erica Hargreave 5 Comments

*Updated with the answer. Congratulations to Giulia Cimarosti of Travel Reportage and Kathlyn Clore for figuring it out.* Was booting down the road to Fayoum, Egypt today (love that I can say that) and I saw these structures.  I was curious as to what these were, as their architecture wasn't quite like anything I'd seen from the Egyptian homes. So we hopped out of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Contests, Egypt, Erica Hargreave, History, Middle East, Nerding Out, Our Travelers, Specialty Tagged With: Egypt, Fayoum

‘Anthro… What?’ from the Egyptian Countryside

February 11, 2012 By Erica Hargreave 8 Comments

*Updated with the answer. Congratulations to Christopher Allen of I Must Be Off and Tim and Nat of A Cook Not Mad for puzzling it out.  They posted their winning answers to us on facebook and twitter, respectively, so you won't see them in the comments.* One of my fascinations in University and still to this day is anthropology, specifically the interesting artifacts and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Contests, Egypt, Erica Hargreave, History, Middle East, Nerding Out, Our Travelers, Specialty Tagged With: anthropology, culture, Egypt

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