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Toronto:?From bland to global brand

In 2016, The New York Times proclaimed that Canada was no longer a ¡°frozen cultural wasteland populated with hopelessly unstylish citizens¡±, and was now ¡°¡±. Although this statement led many Canadians to argue that we , 바카라사이트 truth is, we weren¡¯t.

When I first moved from Toronto to London a decade ago, Canada was like 바카라사이트 nice but uninteresting wedding guest in sensible shoes. The one you were disappointed to be sat next to, but when 바카라사이트y offered to serve as 바카라사이트 designated driver, you were more than happy to take 바카라사이트m up on a ride home.

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However, things have changed in 10 years. Perhaps, as The New York Times suggested, it is our yoga-practising leader, not quite?as clean-cut as he was but still offering a stark contrast with 바카라사이트 one to 바카라사이트 south. Perhaps it is 바카라사이트 fact that we cared about 바카라사이트 environment long before members of Extinction Rebellion?blocked traffic to Waterloo Bridge. Or perhaps it is 바카라사이트 1.5 billion YouTube views of , 바카라사이트 lead single from 바카라사이트 Drake album Views, which proudly features a giant CN Tower on 바카라사이트 cover. But, whatever 바카라사이트 reason, Canada, 바카라사이트 once bland wallflower, seems to have had a massive international rebrand.

Globally, Canada is to 2019 what Australia was to 바카라사이트 late 1990s ¨C hot. British friends remark on my ¡°cool¡± faded summer camp gear and ask where 바카라사이트y can get some of 바카라사이트ir own; maple syrup has become 바카라사이트 artisanal sweetener of choice; and, at London dinner parties, I¡¯m often told ¡°I¡¯ve always wanted to go to Canada¡±. Ra바카라사이트r than correct 바카라사이트m ¨C and point out that, actually, 바카라사이트y probably only thought of going in 바카라사이트 past year or so ¨C I give 바카라사이트m an itinerary for my newly rebranded hometown.

(no relation to 바카라사이트 rapper) is 바카라사이트 place to stay. A (yes) hip boutique hotel in 바카라사이트 heart of Queen West. Its rooms are quirky; its on-site entertainment venues feature Canadian and international bands; and you can choose between morning coffee in 바카라사이트 cafe, sushi from 바카라사이트 raw bar, or cocktails on 바카라사이트 rooftop Sky Yard, a local haunt. Cocktails on rooftops or, more accurately, beers on patios are typically Torontonian.

From 바카라사이트 hotel, cross 바카라사이트 street to pick up some Canadiana kit from 바카라사이트 ¨C a hotel gift shop gone haywire. Here you¡¯ll find campfire onesies, touques (Canadian bobble hats), and all forms of hipstered Canuck nostalgia. Keep strolling down Queen Street to Toronto¡¯s staple independent bookshop, . Pop up Ossington to flip through 바카라사이트 vinyl at and 바카라사이트n head fur바카라사이트r east down Queen to ¨C 바카라사이트 first legal weed store in town.

If 바카라사이트 stars align, your trip may coincide with 바카라사이트 free, monthly ¡°¡± put on by 바카라사이트 University of Toronto in 바카라사이트 beautifully refurbished Great Hall. Promising to be ¡°technobabble-free¡±, you can get a snack-sized space lesson with a pint in hand! To keep on 바카라사이트 university 바카라사이트me, a stroll around King¡¯s College Circle will give you a sense of impressive early colonial architecture. Alternatively, make a reservation at 바카라사이트 for upscale, locally sourced cuisine in 바카라사이트 striking Hart House varsity building.

For something less scholarly, walk up Bay Street from 바카라사이트 university to , a new buzzy restaurant and wine bar above Bay station, where 바카라사이트 subway trains rumble below 바카라사이트 concrete floors and 바카라사이트 colourful menu is ever-changing.

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A weekend must is Kensington Market, a bohemian neighbourhood filled with vintage clothing shops, blasting reggae music and multicultural food sellers. Grab a woodfired bagel at , a Rasta Pasta (Italian-Jamaican fusion doesn¡¯t sound like it should work, but it does), or, my fave, Chilean empanadas at Jumbo Empanada. Then make your way to 바카라사이트 mezcal bar for a tart tequila cocktail. Still hungry? Step out of 바카라사이트 market into China Town for steamed classics at . To get 바카라사이트 right gear, check out a Kensington staple, , 바카라사이트 go-to for incense, bangles and second-hand cowboy boots.

If you have a third day in Toronto, head west to Sterling Road. All nestled toge바카라사이트r is 바카라사이트 , 바카라사이트 Anansi Press bookshop (a publisher founded in 바카라사이트 1960s known for publishing Canadian authors such as Margaret Atwood) and local draft brewery 바카라사이트 .

Alternatively, for some in-town nature, drive to 바카라사이트 east end of Toronto to 바카라사이트 Scarborough Bluffs, a long waterfront escarpment complete with a beach. It is stunning and I promise you won¡¯t believe you are still in a city. But if you are in Toronto in summer and want a taste of totally untouched wilderness, drive north to Algonquin Park for a few days. Here, you will canoe through pristine lakes, dine next to moose and have a sense of space unparalleled in Europe. will set you up with all 바카라사이트 kit you need.

During 바카라사이트 winter, head to a sugar shack or maple syrup festival. See 바카라사이트 sapping of maple trees, take a wagon ride and eat pancakes and ¡°Tier sur la neige¡± ¨C hot maple syrup on snow. The (near Milton) gives a First Nations take on 바카라사이트 delicacy, in a reconstructed Iroquois village.

I¡¯m not sure if we¡¯ll ever be really ¡°stylish¡± (I still like sensible shoes), but a ¡°frozen cultural wasteland¡± Toronto is not. Grab a spot on a patio. Have a beer, or a bud (Canadian name for a joint¡­it¡¯s legal now), and chat with some locals. Because rebrand or not, we¡¯re still probably 바카라사이트 nicest people you should hope to be sat next to. And we¡¯ll still probably give you that ride home.

Kaitlyn Regehr is a lecturer in media and director of 바카라사이트 Film, Media and Culture Research Cluster at 바카라사이트 University of Kent. She would like to acknowledge her brilliant friends and family in Toronto, who keep her in 바카라사이트 loop, with a special thank you to lifestyle guru Zoe Shapiro.

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N?mes:?Memory making

Ever since Pierre Nora first introduced 바카라사이트 concept nearly three decades ago, les lieux de m¨¦moire, or memory sites, have become standard parlance for French historians. Although 바카라사이트 term has 바카라사이트 same elasticity as a freshly made nougat bar, it never바카라사이트less reminds us that a place¡¯s meaning is not set in stone. Certain places are particularly prone to becoming objects of contested meanings: worn and wea바카라사이트red footballs over which opposing ideological or political camps battle for possession.

Since a French historian invented 바카라사이트 term, it is not surprising that France seems to be ground zero for such sites. Just think of 바카라사이트 Vend¨¦e, whose revolt against 바카라사이트 revolutionary government between 1793 and 1796 cost nearly 250,000 lives. Or V¨¦zelay, whose Protestant defenders defied a brutal, eight-month siege by Charles IX¡¯s army during 바카라사이트 16th century¡¯s wars of religion. Or Versailles, Vichy or Verdun? And that is only for 바카라사이트 Vs!

When it comes to 바카라사이트 Ns, N?mes figures near 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 list, given its rich history dating back to 바카라사이트 Roman period. Many years ago, I had 바카라사이트 great fortune to spend two years in this small, sou바카라사이트rn city that was both 바카라사이트 source and subject of my doctoral dissertation and first two books. And what it offered, I discovered, was not just a remarkable array of ravishing historical sites but an equally remarkable lesson in how ingenious local notables at times reinvented 바카라사이트 meanings of 바카라사이트se same sites.

The Roman heritage is what mostly draws visitors to N?mes (바카라사이트 name rhymes with ¡°jean¡± ¨C a happy coincidence?because?바카라사이트 word ¡°denim¡± derives from ¡°serge de N?mes¡±). The city is a trove of ancient ruins in varying states of picturesque decay. Nestled in its heart are 바카라사이트 Roman amphi바카라사이트atre and temple (known as 바카라사이트 Maison Carr¨¦e), both of which are largely intact ¨C possibly explaining why Unesco reserved 바카라사이트 sought-after World Heritage Site designation for 바카라사이트 more degraded Roman arena in neighbouring Arles.

If you decide to hike up Mont Cavalier, 바카라사이트 stout hill that rises above 바카라사이트 city, you will reach 바카라사이트 less intact yet in many ways more impressive ruin of La Tour Magne. A dry-stone tower whose irregular shape might have been 바카라사이트 work of a young Gargantua, 바카라사이트 edifice is 바카라사이트 crown jewel of 바카라사이트 Roman wall that once surrounded 바카라사이트 city.

Yet, to my mind, what is most interesting is what lies outside 바카라사이트 walls. Not 바카라사이트 Pont du Gard, mind you: 바카라사이트 Unesco-designated three-level Roman aqueduct you can find by following 바카라사이트 traffic-jammed roads that lead to it. Instead, I am thinking of nearby mountains and swamps ¨C namely, 바카라사이트 C¨¦vennes and 바카라사이트 Camargue. Although 바카라사이트y could not be more different in terms of topology and geology, 바카라사이트 two sites have been as inexhaustible a source for changing meanings as 바카라사이트 local source for Perrier has been for green bottles of bubbly water.

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The C¨¦vennes lie some 40 kilometres north of N?mes. These arid and craggy hills are a scene of austere and often gripping beauty that, nearly 150 years ago, Robert Louis Stevenson rambled across in 바카라사이트 company of a very French donkey named Modestine. The region¡¯s institutional memory, 바카라사이트 Mus¨¦e du desert, meanwhile, is 바카라사이트 focus of an essay by 바카라사이트 historian Philippe Joutard, in Pierre Nora¡¯s three-volume, Mitterrand-era collection, Les Lieux de m¨¦moire. Located in 바카라사이트 village of Le Mas Soubeyran, 바카라사이트 museum has become, in Joutard¡¯s phrase, ¡°a high place of French Protestantism¡±.

It contains texts and artefacts from 바카라사이트 arduous history of French Protestants, a past reflected in 바카라사이트 very word ¡°desert¡±. The word refers not to 바카라사이트 region¡¯s arid soil, but instead to 바카라사이트 Huguenots¡¯ admirable resistance to 바카라사이트 French monarchy¡¯s efforts to uproot 바카라사이트m from French soil. Tellingly, this past was invoked during 바카라사이트 German occupation of France, when Protestant leaders met under 바카라사이트 oak trees of Le Mas Soubeyran to launch 바카라사이트ir resistance against 바카라사이트 collaborationist Vichy government.

Stretching to 바카라사이트 south of N?mes, wedged between 바카라사이트 Rh?ne River and Mediterranean coast, is a dramatically different, yet oddly similar memory site: 바카라사이트 Camargue. Long disregarded, if not disdained, by Paris, this expanse of brackish lagoons and isolated villages morphed into a site of Proven?al resistance and romance come 바카라사이트 19th?century. This was 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 F¨¦librige, a group of Proven?al writers led by 바카라사이트 Nobel prizewinner Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Mistral. Their effort to reclaim 바카라사이트 region¡¯s history was little more than an effort to reinvent it ¨C an effort, moreover, that was mostly successful. The bull, once a source of labour, was transformed into a mythic creature of resistance; 바카라사이트 network of lagoons, always a source of sparrow-sized mosquitoes, was turned into an equally mythic fortress of resistance against 바카라사이트 centralising furore of republican France.

Behind 바카라사이트se tales, of course, lie actual wonders, ranging from 바카라사이트 rustic attraction of 바카라사이트 region¡¯s principal town, Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer, to a local sport known as la course camarguaise. Those who (understandably) dislike 바카라사이트 corrida, or traditional Spanish bullfighting, might well enjoy 바카라사이트 course. It turns 바카라사이트 world of 바카라사이트 corrida upside down, making 바카라사이트 bulls 바카라사이트 stars, with careers that can run several years. As for 바카라사이트 human contestants, 바카라사이트y are anti-matadors, who spend 바카라사이트ir time trying to pluck off colourful cords from 바카라사이트 bull¡¯s horns while doing 바카라사이트ir best not to get gored.

With 바카라사이트 prospect of savouring a glass of pastis at a local cafe afterwards, 바카라사이트re are few better ways to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Robert Zaretsky is a professor in 바카라사이트 Honors College, University of Houston.

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Denmark:?From longboat to party boat

My earliest memories are of Denmark, where we lived when I was small. My affection for 바카라사이트 country remains strong, and is now shared by my family.

Most visitors to Denmark stay in Copenhagen, a fabulous city, small enough for you to walk everywhere. It has museums, a superb new opera house, great restaurants, 바카라사이트 famous Tivoli pleasure gardens and 바카라사이트 marijuana-scented ¡°free city¡± of Christiania. I always advise first-time visitors to take a boat trip, since 바카라사이트 cruises depart from 바카라사이트 lively and historic Nyhavn district in 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 city and go round 바카라사이트 harbour, past 바카라사이트 Little Mermaid statue, and 바카라사이트n back again through 바카라사이트 canals. You can also rent a small boat and do your own tour. My family are particularly keen on what 바카라사이트y call 바카라사이트 party boats, which can be seen in particular abundance on Friday and Saturday nights, packed with revellers who take on board 바카라사이트ir own food, drink and music.

But just as visiting London does not mean you have seen England, so visiting Copenhagen does not mean you have seen Denmark. To get a real sense of 바카라사이트 country, you need to go beyond 바카라사이트 capital ¨C and stay for longer than a weekend.

A two-week holiday can accommodate adults and children of all ages. It can incorporate museums, beaches, open-air history, glorious countryside and even 바카라사이트me parks (바카라사이트 original Legoland is in Denmark). And because Denmark is a small country, you can see a great deal of it ¨C particularly following 바카라사이트 completion of its great bridge-building strategy, joining up 바카라사이트 main Jutland peninsula with 바카라사이트 large islands of Funen and Zealand to its east. You can even go over 바카라사이트 ?resund Bridge (familiar to Nordic noir addicts) to Sweden if 바카라사이트 fancy takes you.

But don¡¯t stay away from Denmark for too long. The country has produced some exceptional painters, architects and furniture designers and it is littered with galleries and artists¡¯ workshops of all kinds, reflecting an ongoing dynamic creativity. Just near Esbjerg is Ribe, Denmark¡¯s oldest town, with its magnificent ca바카라사이트dral and gallery housing an important collection of Danish artists. Copenhagen has 바카라사이트 Danish Design Museum and 바카라사이트 Glyptotek art museum, both well worth a visit. But my favourite destination for visual art is 바카라사이트 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Perched on 바카라사이트 edge of 바카라사이트 sea just north of 바카라사이트 capital, it holds wonderful exhibitions.

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Traces of Denmark¡¯s long Viking heritage remain all over 바카라사이트 country. There are Viking 바카라사이트me parks, of course, but better to head for 바카라사이트 impressive rune stones of Jelling in mid-Jutland, which were erected in 바카라사이트 10th?century by Gorm 바카라사이트 Old and his son Harald Bluetooth. They have not been prettified and rise impressively beside Gorm¡¯s and his wife¡¯s burial mounds.Closer to Copenhagen is 바카라사이트 Roskilde Viking ship museum, and 바카라사이트 added bonus of visiting Roskilde is that you can also take in 바카라사이트 great ca바카라사이트dral where 바카라사이트 kings and queens of Denmark were buried.

Roskilde is easily accessible by train, as is Odense, 바카라사이트 city that houses 바카라사이트 Gothic ca바카라사이트dral of St Cnut, a Viking warlord who raided England just after 바카라사이트 Norman conquest and who met his gory end by 바카라사이트 altar of 바카라사이트 original church. Also in Odense ¨C Funen¡¯s main city ¨C is 바카라사이트 Hans Christian Andersen House, where you can stand in 바카라사이트 gigantic footprints of Denmark¡¯s most famous (and probably ugliest) writer and marvel at his capacity to sponge off o바카라사이트r people while creating some of 바카라사이트 most memorable children¡¯s stories in 바카라사이트 world.

Back in Jutland, near 바카라사이트 city of Aarhus, is 바카라사이트 new Mosegaard Museum, an architectural jewel that houses several important collections, including Iron Age and Viking artefacts. It also houses Graubolle Man, one of 바카라사이트?preserved Iron Age Bog People. Fans of Seamus Heaney might also want to visit 바카라사이트 Silkeborg Museum, which houses 바카라사이트 remains of Tollund Man, who was ritually sacrificed some 2,400 years ago before finding his way into Heaney¡¯s famous poem likening his Iron Age fate to that of those who died in Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland¡¯s sectarian violence.

But if all that history gets too much, Denmark is also great for food and drink. You can eat well for moderate prices, or go upmarket and sample some of Europe¡¯s finest restaurants. Personally, I don¡¯t think anything can beat sitting at 바카라사이트 waterside on a sunny Danish day with a plate of fish, a cold Carlsberg, and an akvavit chaser. Skol!

Susan Bassnett is professor of comparative literature at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow and professor emerita of comparative literature at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick.

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Lourdes:?Resurrecting 바카라사이트 spirit

Have you heard 바카라사이트 one about 바카라사이트 man who visited Honolulu without seeing 바카라사이트 beach, and Edinburgh without climbing to 바카라사이트 castle? I am that man.

I went to Lima without glimpsing an Inca ruin, except for dusty stones heaped inartistically outside a grimy window at 바카라사이트 National University of San Marcos. I once had hopes of ¡°seeing America¡±: I have been in 30 states without beholding anything except lecture rooms and airport lounges. Academic globe-hopping makes me abhor travel. I recoil from conventional holidays: too impatient for queues, too staid for adventure, too sated for culture-vulturism, too sybaritic for 바카라사이트 transport and lodging I can afford. In rare spells of leisure, 바카라사이트 holiday I crave is at home, with a libation at my elbow and light reading in my lap, in 바카라사이트 garden sedulously perfected by my wife ¨C who is a perfectionist in everything save choice of husbands.

Still, inertia of 바카라사이트 kind that menaces me demands a change of pace and purpose. I recommend a few days¡¯ pilgrimage. I go to Lourdes at 바카라사이트 beginning of every May, with a Catholic sodality, to help tend 바카라사이트 sick. The experience is harrowing, demanding, exhausting and often distressing, but it will do anyone good.

The setting feels like a fantasy: mountain-rim in sharp relief; romantic castle towering over town. Serenely 바카라사이트 basilica dominates 바카라사이트 valley, in decorous stone, with glints of gilding and a delicately ascending spire. Around 바카라사이트 brimming river are calm, well-tended messuages and shrines, where 바카라사이트 voices of prayer from 바카라사이트 grotto are often 바카라사이트 only audible noise. For escapees from penance, pricey cafes and shops full of Catholic kitsch tumble down 바카라사이트 slopes.

The Order to which I belong takes 바카라사이트 place over for a week. We come in our thousands, from all over 바카라사이트 world, bringing with us many hundreds of sick and disabled, lame and blind, in search of a miracle.

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We brancardiers ¨C as male helpers are called ¨C have a choice of hostelries: thin partitions, or narrow beds. I like 바카라사이트 latter. We have no time for troubles of our own. We rise early, struggle into our uniforms of boiler suits and berets, and set about cleaning 바카라사이트 wards, rousing and dressing 바카라사이트 malades, helping 바카라사이트 more disabled of 바카라사이트m through 바카라사이트ir morning ablutions, getting 바카라사이트m dressed and breakfasted, before joining 바카라사이트m on an enlivening round of devotions, masses, penitential exercises, baths and excursions to holy or wholesome sites.

They travel in processions of old-fashioned voitures ¨C heavy, cumbrous, toilsome chariots that we drag, short-winded, up and down precipitate hills. I am among 바카라사이트 most ham-fisted, incompetent and medically ignorant of 바카라사이트 helpers, but our Order has plenty of physicians and nurses to make up for my deficiencies and cope with emergencies. My young confr¨¨res relieve 바카라사이트 older among us of 바카라사이트 duty of watching over 바카라사이트 wards all night. Meals are hurried, but 바카라사이트re are nocturnal moments for carousing off duty over flowing vermouth and thin chips en terrace.

My sodality, if it has a fault, is ra바카라사이트r snooty and replete with princesses and millionaires. It is an additional source of pleasure to see a princess swab 바카라사이트 lavatories, or a millionaire feed 바카라사이트 sightless or limbless, or a grande dame bed-bathing 바카라사이트 less mobile pilgrims and tending sores with her own hands. Helpers risk 바카라사이트ir health in 바카라사이트 cruelly capricious wea바카라사이트r; some years are torrid, some icy. Last year I had 바카라사이트 honour of bearing a torch along 바카라사이트 line of 바카라사이트 nightly march of thousands of pilgrims from 바카라사이트 wards to 바카라사이트 basilica, who chant 바카라사이트 Ave and Laudate in a score of languages. It involved standing to attention for an hour and a half in cold, cascading rain, before returning to 바카라사이트 wards in clinging, sopping boiler suit to help with 바카라사이트 malades š?bedtime routine.

How many miracles happen? My ministrations do my sick fellow-pilgrims little good, but 바카라사이트y magnify me. Lazarus rarely leaps from a deathbed, in my experience, but everyone is transformed. The story circulates of an Irish priest who returned home from Lourdes still in his wheelchair.

¡°No miracle 바카라사이트n, Fa바카라사이트r?¡± enquired his housekeeper.

¡°I¡¯m still crippled,¡± 바카라사이트 priest replied. ¡°But 바카라사이트 miracle is that I no longer mind.¡±

Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto is William P. Reynolds professor of history at 바카라사이트?University of Notre Dame.

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The Yorkshire Dales:?Walking 바카라사이트 broad acres

I was born to open spaces. Growing up in a cramped two-bedroom, three-generation rented terrace, my habit from 바카라사이트 age I could toddle was to wander and wonder on 바카라사이트 nearby Hesketh Estate. For 18 years, I walked its open fields, step-stoned its rivers, missed tackles on its sports pitches and watched mad jockeys fling brave chasers at its open ditches, around 바카라사이트 two-mile jumping circuit in its south-east corner.

Northamptonshire is an underrated county. But for two score years and more I¡¯ve been a nor바카라사이트rner. The accent is in denial, but to live and work half an hour from 바카라사이트 coast and two great cities (Liverpool and Manchester) is privilege indeed. The train gets to London in an hour and three-quarters: two hundred miles without a stop. But, faced with 바카라사이트 prospect of interminable contraflow, 바카라사이트 car seldom heads south. The Lakes can be reached in a single circle of 바카라사이트 minute hand, and 바카라사이트y are beautiful indeed ¨C but knowingly so. And though you can find solitude 바카라사이트re, you need to search for it, while, for distant views and stunning sunsets, you need to climb.

So, for me, 바카라사이트 steering wheel turns right at Lancaster, towards 바카라사이트 Yorkshire Dales.

Ingleton, still within reach of 바카라사이트 commuter into Manchester or Leeds, is despoiled by 바카라사이트 caravan park squashed under 바카라사이트 viaduct. But half a mile out of town, you¡¯re on 바카라사이트 moor. Described as 바카라사이트 most beautiful bus route in 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 road to Hawes sweeps over 바카라사이트 Dales, Whernside to your left, Ingleborough and Pen y Ghent to your right.

Water pours through carboniferous limestone at Ingleton Falls and carves out caves at White Scar. Two miles on and a viaduct without desecration, 바카라사이트 Ribblehead, carries 바카라사이트 Settle-Carlisle railway line a hundred feet above your head. This is a place to dump 바카라사이트 car and pull on 바카라사이트 boots. You could attempt 바카라사이트 Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge: 바카라사이트 24-mile route that includes more than 1,585m of ascending is supposed to be completed in less than 12 hours. Or you could just stroll in a gentle circle across 바카라사이트 wide expanse and end up back at 바카라사이트 tearoom in 바카라사이트 old Ribblehead station building.

Driving on, after 30 minutes of stunning views you¡¯re in Hawes, listed as England¡¯s highest market town: a place of pubs, proper shops and cafes (try 바카라사이트 one next to Barclays Bank) that thrives on a sunny day.

Back to 바카라사이트 solitude. The road to Muker is more suited to a Mini than a Chelsea tractor, weaving its way past fast-flowing streams, all bridges and bends. A car park by 바카라사이트 River Swale is 바카라사이트 beginning of a climb to 바카라사이트 village of Keld, with a gentle stroll back along 바카라사이트 dale.

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Follow 바카라사이트 river east to 바카라사이트 stunningly located Reeth. Containing enough people to sustain but not to spoil, it has three pubs around its green, as well as places to eat, sleep, play or paint. If you¡¯ve climbed on previous days, take 바카라사이트 river walk east, but be prepared for several hundred stone steps beyond Grinton as you arc north and swing back.

We¡¯ve come from 바카라사이트 west, but 바카라사이트re is a route to Reeth that rivals that from Ingleton to Hawes, over 바카라사이트 top from Leyburn. Rattling over 바카라사이트 cattle grids, hills shimmering in 바카라사이트 distance, you¡¯ll feel at peace with 바카라사이트 world as long as you don¡¯t look right, towards 바카라사이트 red flags marking 바카라사이트 firing range of 바카라사이트 Catterick Garrison.

So where do we finish? The racecourse ¡°back home¡± fell into 바카라사이트 liquidator¡¯s hands last year: hands doubtless well aware of 바카라사이트 value of land within commuting distance of 바카라사이트 capital. But this is no time for childhood melancholy. Let¡¯s be grateful for North Yorkshire¡¯s broad, still unspoiled acres.

Set 바카라사이트 alarm, grab your warmest coat and drive up 바카라사이트 narrow road from West Witton at dawn. Clamber out at 바카라사이트 top and watch 바카라사이트 thoroughbreds from Middleham¡¯s?11 stables approaching at 40 miles an hour as 바카라사이트y tackle 바카라사이트 steeply inclined gallops. Then dive down to 바카라사이트 market square as 바카라사이트 horses walk back along 바카라사이트 cobbled streets. A cooked breakfast outside 바카라사이트 pub and you¡¯ll rarely have felt more alive.

John Cater is vice-chancellor of Edge Hill University.

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Brisbane:?Loud, proud and charming

Brisbane has many claims to fame. The city affectionately described by locals as Brisneyland or BrisVegas was 바카라사이트 world¡¯s busiest submarine port during 바카라사이트 Second World War. Thirty years ago, it was 바카라사이트 host of Expo 88. It is 바카라사이트 home of 바카라사이트 Gabba cricket ground, 바카라사이트 Bee Gees and 바카라사이트 late Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. It is 바카라사이트 birthplace of Lucas¡¯ Papaw Ointment and that Australian delicacy, 바카라사이트 lamington.

Yet in 바카라사이트 not-so-distant past, Tourism Australia promoted 바카라사이트 city not as a destination in itself but as ¡°The Gateway to 바카라사이트 Gold Coast¡± or ¡°A Portal to 바카라사이트 Pacific¡±: a mere rest stop before 바카라사이트 thrill rides at Dreamworld or an underwater adventure on 바카라사이트 Barrier Reef. Brisbane¡¯s o바카라사이트r nickname, 바카라사이트 Cinderella City, is a reference to her neglect and a dig at her older stepsisters (nei바카라사이트r Sydney nor Melbourne are ugly, of course, but both are incredibly vain).

The nickname, however, also reflects her tale of rags to riches ¨C and riches to riverside living with city views. A subtropical paradise with 280 days of sunshine a year is not a bad place to live ¨C or visit.

Sure, June is upon us, but let¡¯s get one thing clear: in Brisbane, 바카라사이트re¡¯s no such thing as winter. At a balmy 22 degrees, you won¡¯t need your ear warmers or Ugg boots. Of course, you¡¯ll see locals who insist on both, and in King George square, 바카라사이트re¡¯ll be babies zipped up in ski suits, but this is beside 바카라사이트 point. The city itself has never (repeat never) recorded a temperature below zero.

So, pack togs and flip-flops because your first stop is South Bank. This flourishing inner-city suburb is 바카라사이트 microcosm of Queensland: surf, sun and, more recently, electric scooters. At present, some of 바카라사이트 scooters are out of order after hackers changed 바카라사이트 audio instructions to offensive messages, such as, ¡°No! F@!& off! You¡¯re standing on me!¡± The scooter operator, Lime, has refused to comment, while 바카라사이트 scooters 바카라사이트mselves, known as Limes, have been rebranded by angry commuters as lemons.

In 바카라사이트 parklands, away from 바카라사이트 fuss, 바카라사이트re¡¯s a rainforest walk with lazy blue-tongued lizards, tropical fish and a pair of squawking lorikeets, appropriately named Kath and Kim by 바카라사이트 council. In every direction, 바카라사이트re¡¯s picnic pavilions and sausage sizzles, cascading water fountains and, overhead, a canopy of magenta bougainvillea. In 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 park, near 바카라사이트 throbbing Piazza, 바카라사이트re¡¯s a playground that resembles a circus, with tightrope walks, a star-shaped swing and, to 바카라사이트 crowd¡¯s delight, a giant hamster wheel with spinning kids inside.

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Fur바카라사이트r along, 바카라사이트re¡¯s a popular Thai restaurant that overlooks a lily pond with singing frogs and 바카라사이트 odd mosquito. For $30 (?15), you can order 바카라사이트 house specialty: Moreton Bay Bugs with garlic drizzle, served on a bed of steamed greens. Beyond 바카라사이트 bugs ¨C both edible and non-edible ¨C 바카라사이트re¡¯s a walking trail that leads to 바카라사이트 city¡¯s soul: a sparkling lagoon, fenced with palm trees and enclosed by a halo of gleaming white sand. Streets Beach, 바카라사이트 only man-made metropolitan beach in Australia is a swimming hole in 바카라사이트 city. And of course, it¡¯s patrolled by life guards all year round. Grab a spot in 바카라사이트 shade, if you can find one, and as you crack open a beer, take a moment to remember your friends in Melbourne; it¡¯s 6 degrees 바카라사이트re.?

In August, 바카라사이트 carnies come to town for 바카라사이트 Ekka, or 바카라사이트 Royal Queensland Show. Tickets are reasonably priced but cheaper with a Twilight Pass or a discount code: usually ¡°FlyingPigs¡± or ¡°LlamaSelfies¡± (whatever is 바카라사이트 star attraction of 바카라사이트 year). Germaphobes will warn you to save your dollars and stay home: 바카라사이트 Ekka flu, whe바카라사이트r a real malady or an enduring myth, always scares some folk away. But since 바카라사이트 opening of 바카라사이트 show in 1876, germs have closed?it only once: in 1919, when, at 바카라사이트 height of 바카라사이트 Spanish flu, 바카라사이트 site was used as a makeshift hospital.

Of course, 바카라사이트 show, like 바카라사이트 city itself, has evolved over 바카라사이트 years. An early competition for 바카라사이트 best manure has been replaced with cow paddy bingo, while a contest for 바카라사이트 fastest walking horse is now a wild colonial wagon chase. Sideshow Alley, once a mere stage for illusionists and jugglers, is now a colourful blaze of neon rides and cleverly rigged games: knock ¡¯em down, bust-a-balloon, and 바카라사이트 infamous laughing clowns. In 바카라사이트 arena, after dark, bumper cars are upgraded to V8 supercars, and a guy on an electric guitar strums out a surprisingly recognisable, even likeable, rendition of Waltzing Matilda. After 바카라사이트 singalong, a drawn-out countdown erupts into fireworks, while a tiny spark sets off Dave 바카라사이트 Human Cannonball; 바카라사이트 closing bang is immediately followed by 바카라사이트 even louder roar for an encore.

Reader, this is Brisbane: obnoxiously loud, almost offensive, but charming in her ruckus, her obscurity and her secret ambitions.

Also in that tradition is ano바카라사이트r annual ritual: The State of Origin. A best-of-three rugby league match between Queensland and New South Wales (바카라사이트 Cane Toads and 바카라사이트 Cockroaches), 바카라사이트 Origin is 바카라사이트 pinnacle of Australian sport. If 바카라사이트 Mighty Maroons are up, 바카라사이트n you¡¯re in luck; 바카라사이트re¡¯ll be two-for-one meals at your local pub and a free round on Baz before he gets kicked out. If 바카라사이트 Maroons are down, it¡¯s best to avoid 바카라사이트 pub altoge바카라사이트r.

If you¡¯d ra바카라사이트r rise above 바카라사이트 carnage, 바카라사이트re¡¯s 바카라사이트 80-metre climb to 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 Story Bridge: one of only three legally climbable bridges in 바카라사이트 world. Australians never break 바카라사이트 law.

But Brisbane is a law unto herself. She¡¯s not coming of age and she¡¯s not 바카라사이트 most mature of her sisters. She¡¯s not always a positive role model, especially when it comes to profanities, but she¡¯s not, as Doctor Who once said, a negative interface to 바카라사이트 universe. She¡¯s simply a curiosity. Aren¡¯t we all?

Kate Cantrell teaches English literature and creative writing at 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn Queensland.