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Faroe Island’s mystery trips By designing controlled surprise self-guided road trips within safe parameters, Visit Faroe Island isn’t just solving over-tourism, it’s introducing fun and spontaneity into the over-scheduled lives of visitors. Experts suggest that our neural activity jumps when we encounter unexpected events making…

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Garden dinners bloom again The highly anticipated roof-top dinner series at the Vancouver Fairmont Waterfront returned again this past summer. Under open skies and set against the breathtaking background of the harbour and North Shore mountains, each dinner offered thoughtfully curated, multicourse menus. Each was…

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A hospital in Paris  In Levallois-Perret, the Château of the Hertford British Hospital begins a new chapter. Built between 1877 and 1879 by architect Paul Ernest Sanson, this neo-Gothic building with English-inspired design long welcomed British patients, notably in its maternity ward, which remained in…

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