Because life is short and the world is wide
Provence: The Best of Both Worlds: A Roman Holiday in the South of France
∞ Originally published in Vancouver Province and Winnipeg Free Press, March 8, 2009. ∞ Torn between a vacation in Italy and France? Who says you can’t have both? The roots of the Roman Empire run deep throughout southern France, no more so than in rural Provence. With...
Le Marais, C’est Merveilleux!
∞ Originally published in Vancouver Province and Winnipeg Free Press, February 15, 2009. ∞ For many, Paris is synonymous with the Eiffel Tower. For others, the word conjures the Louvre. Some think of the Seine. For me, the essence of Paris is the Marais. The Marais,...
Breathtaking Barcelona
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Province and Montreal Gazette, February 1, 2009. ∞ In Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the director created an on-screen love triangle between beautiful actors bathed in the golden light of Barcelona, Spain’s Catalan...
Shakespeare’s London: All the city’s a stage
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Province and Edmonton Journal, January 18, 2009. ∞ When the curtain goes up on Shakespeare’s masterwork King Lear, it opens to a wary audience. The patrons of London’s Globe aren’t concerned about the dark subject matter of one...
Safari and the Single Girl: Going Wild Over South Africa
∞ Originally published in the Vancouver Province and Edmonton Journal, November 16, 2008. ∞ I’m soaking in the bright South African sun, relaxing on vacation, when, suddenly, four dangerously handsome bachelors sidle up and give me the once over. They’re gorgeous and...
Gorillas in our Midst: Trekking in Rwanda’s Thousand Hills
Originally published in the Vancouver Province and Edmonton Journal, October 5, 2008 Almost an hour and a half of trekking through thick bamboo forest on the slippery slopes of central-African volcanoes had left us sweaty, dirty and anxious beyond belief. We were...
About me
Elaine O'Connor
I’m a different kind of travel writer. I craft long-form, cover-worthy feature-length travel articles with style and substance. I tell travellers not just what to do, but why. Find out how to work with me.
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