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After seven plus years, eJazz Travel & Lifestyle has re-branded to Kris King’s Travel & Lifestyle Photography. Our focus has changed over the years to cover more travel and lifestyle … Continue reading
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The 58th Quebec Winter Carnival ~Thrills and Chills on the Plains of Abraham
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By Kris King It only took seven long years from the time I first heard of the Quebec City Winter Carnival in 2005 and my actual arrival to experience it for myself. Maybe it’s my Scandinavian gene pool that I … Continue reading
The 29th Festival International De Jazz De Montreal 2008
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By Kris King
The 29th Montreal International Jazz Festival has to rank as my personal favorite festival of the year ?€¡° ANY year. The world?€?s largest musical event transforms the heart of Montreal into Festival central for 11 days and nights with so many concerts my head was spinning just trying to keep up and see as much as humanly possible in the six days that I was there. Truth be told, I wish I could be there for every minute of the 11 day festival.
What makes this festival one of the worlds largest and most brilliant programming events is the cooperation of the city of Montreal. Every year for 29 years Montreal throws its doors wide open and shakes off the welcome mat for the hundreds of thousands of people who cram into the many indoor and outdoor concerts on schedule. Several main arteries in a large section of downtown Montreal are closed off, allowing for the kind of staging and pedestrian traffic that comes with an event of this magnitude. Continue reading
The Sandy Lane
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A blazing sun, a cool breeze and soft pink and white sand create the perfect prelude to evenings that are cued for love, as if someone had orchestrated the brilliant full moon featuring Venus just below and to the right. Intricate constellations glisten above as the ocean pushes and pulls in its rush to high tide, wrapped in the fragrant aroma of profuse Bougainvillea, Frangipani and Ginger Lily blossoms on the romantic island of Barbados.
Set entirely upon a bed of coral rock and limestone from which many of the islands buildings are erected, Barbados, home to some 270,000 Bajans, is the most eastern of the Lesser Antilles. At a scant 24 miles long and 14 miles wide, this tropical paradise has a treasure trove of romantic escapes from which you will be eager to explore your most passionate dreams. Elegant resorts and private villas are nestled along its shores with something to suit every whim and desire. Continue reading