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Sintra, Portugal: 3 Places That Stole My Heart
Sintra had me at hello. Actually, Sintra had me before that. The first 'hello' came when I saw a photo online of an 'Initiation Well' located on a 19th-century estate called Quinta da Regaleira. I wasn't even sure what an 'initiation well' was exactly, but after...
De-Stress at Terre Bleu Lavender Farm
Who knew there was a lavender farm a little over an hour from Toronto? And while it may not have hundreds of acres of purple stretching to the horizon like we've seen in those [heavily-retouched] postcards from the south of France, Terre Bleu is a...
Screaming Heads (near Burk’s Falls, Ontario)
It all started in 1981 when artist Peter Camani bought a run-down farmhouse and 310-acre property near Burk's Falls, Ontario. Thirty-five years later, it's evolved into a one-of-a-kind outdoor art installation known as Screaming Heads, with over 100 giant sculptures...
An Initiation I’ll Never Forget at Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra
The initiation Well at Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra It's rare that the same thing that makes me exclaim "I HAVE to see this for myself!" inspires Henk to say the same thing. But that's what happened when we both saw photos of the Quinta da Regaleira 'Initiation Well'...
