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Jaunted's Five Favorite Canadian Hot Spots For Fall Foliage
Now that we're a mere week away from the start of October, it's time to head out on leaf-peeping vacations and weekend trips to take advantage of the fiery colors which erupt in forests around the continent.
We've already given you a pretty good idea of some United States and overseas options with our Fall Foliage series, but there's just as much—if not more—color above the border. Just remember to bring your passport along, as we countdown our Five Favorite Canadian Hot Spots For Fall Foliage:
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Take The Seaside The Jane Austen Way In Bath, England
It is a truth universally acknowledged that British writer Jane Austen is a huge industry: Look at the runaway success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and its sequel, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. But only real Austen fans will make the pilgrimage to Bath—a popular vacation destination in Jane's day that she actually didn't like very much—for the Jane Austen Festival, which runs till next Sunday the 27th.
Austen lived in Bath for six years and set significant parts of two of her novels in the seaside resort town, but privately admitted to not liking it all that much. Back then, visitors would take salubrious dips in the geothermal hot springs by day and go to the theatre by night; you can still do both of these, although you may be more likely to see Bath Rugby and check into an organic resort like the Thermae Bath Spa.
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Fall Foliage Travel: Skip Central Park For London's Hampstead Heath
Reap the benefits of the slow airline of fall by hopping a cheaper ticket across the pond to London. We're not kidding; a friend just booked a weekend trip to London on Virgin Atlantic after seeing that it was just as expensive as some flights between Chicago and NYC.
If you are similarly spontaneous, or just thirsty for a good pub with some fall foliage outside, we recommend heading to London's Hampstead Heath area, like their version of NYC's Central Park. Here, you'll not only get a view of trees turning during the fall colors peak of late October through early November, but also—atop London's highest point, Parliament Hill—you'll have a view over the whole city.
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To Be, Or Not To Be Traveling To Shakespeare's Stratford-Upon-Avon?
You literature lovers out there will want to add Stratford-upon-Avon to your geek-out England vacay itinerary, if you haven't already. About 95 miles northwest of London, the slice of merry olde England is most well known for being Shakespeare's hometown. Tourists crowd the streets here to be closer to the Bard, but the place still retains its charm with brick pedestrian-only roads lined with little shops and tearooms, and there's the lovely river where everyone hangs.
Arguable the first spots to hit are the five buildings cared for by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, all places with major Shakespearean ties. The main draw is the Bard's birthplace, where he also spent the first five years with his lady love Anne Hathaway (not that Anne Hathaway). His home gives you a good glimpse into 16th-century life and you also can wander through the gardens outside.
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Re-Enacting History: Tanks, Rocket Launchers and 300 Jeeps...Oh My!
Along with the tasty barbeques and popping fireworks of the middle of summer come the re-enactments of historical battles. To help you plan fun excursions to watch guns go off, we're listing our favorite battle re-enactment sites all this week. Any suggestions or questions? Let us know.
Let's be real here for a moment: as we've rounded up all of our favorite military re-enactments this week, we've just been holding out for the one featuring as many tanks as possible, and we think we've found it: The War & Peace Show in Kent, England.
Billed as "The Largest Military Vehicle Spectacular In the World," the War & Peace show gathers all of the green and drab-painted, rocket-launching, all-terrain-running machines out there for four days—July 22-26— of trading wartime tidbits on a farm outside of London. The action doesn't end there however, as parades of both axis and allied re-enactors march by, 1940s fashions walk a runway, 4x4 owners drive an offroad course, and helicopter rides take fair attendees for 10-minute rides over the English countryside.
Really though, all they had to do was say "we've got tanks," and we'd be there.
Related Stories:
· War and Peace Show 2009 [Official Site]
· Historical Travel Coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: War and Peace Show]
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Re-Enacting History: Battle Of Britain Rages Again This Weekend
Along with the tasty barbeques and popping fireworks of the middle of summer come the re-enactments of historical battles. To help you plan fun excursions to watch guns go off, we're listing our favorite battle re-enactment sites all this week. Any suggestions or questions? Let us know.
You don't much more hardcore than driving amphibious DUKW vehicles, setting off pyrotechnics, calling in the British Legion and enlisting more than twenty re-enactment societies to carry out a weekend of World War II encampment outside of Birmingham, UK. Don't worry, there will also be a beer tent at this weekend's "Wartime In the Vale" at Ashdown World War 2 Camp spectacle.
Beginning with a salute flight on Saturday as a memorial to the Battle of Britain, the re-enactments and 1940s festivities hit high gear on Saturday night with live entertainment by "The Forces Sweethearts," a war song singalong, and a burlesque performance by Kitten Von Mew.
If you happen to fly into Birmingham on a European LCC this weekend and have some time to kill, or can make the trip over from London, tickets for the weekend are £6 per adult, or £12 for a whole family. We say drop the kiddies off in the children's area with mini Land Rover rides and make a bee-line for the bomb displays and aforementioned beer tent.
Related Stories:
· Wartime In the Vale: Ashdown WW2 Camp [Official Site]
· Historical Travel Coverage [Jaunted]
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