North America
Flame on at Buskerfest in Toronto
Written By: jeff
Posted On: October 20th, 2011
I love a good street festival. And, I usually come across them by chance, not by design or good planning. In 2008, I went to the Festa Major de Gracia in Barcelona and last year, I got lucky that the Caminata de la Solidaridad parade in Bogota passed by my apartment. In Toronto in August, […]
The Best Donut at Tim Horton’s
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 27th, 2011
On my recent trip to Canada, I couldn’t help but stop off (um, a few times) at Tim Horton’s, THE Canadian doughnut joint. The have the location-pervasiveness of Starbucks in the US with the nutritional goodness of your neighborhood doughnut shop. To make sure I got the story, I was forced to try several types […]
Poutine, Just a Fancy Way to Say ¨Canadian Nachos¨
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 26th, 2011
Before I headed up to Canada a few weeks ago, I did a quick search to find out what typified Canadian cuisine. Almost immediately, I found lots of references to ¨Poutine.¨ I wasn’t even sure how to pronounce it. Was it poh-tyn, poo-tyn, poh-tyn-ee??? Turns out, I was completely wrong. It’s pronounced, poo-teen. Hmmm. Didn’t […]
Canada Catching Career Break Fever
Written By: jeff
Posted On: August 29th, 2011
Gap Adventures just released a survey of Canadian attitudes towards work-life balance and their interest in taking a career break. And it looks like Canadians would love to take a break to travel. Background of the Gap Adventures 2011 Labour Day Poll I provided input to Gap Adventures during the creation of the survey. There […]
Jeff Jung Teams Up with Gap Adventures to Raise Awareness of Career Break Travel in Canada
Written By: Cheryl Habbe
Posted On: August 29th, 2011
Jeff Jung, the Career Break Guy and the host of the Career Break Secrets travel show, has been named the career break travel media spokesman for Gap Adventures Canada as they launch campaign promoting career break travel called Ditch The Cubicle. Campaign includes a media tour across Canada and a 10-part video series on career break travel advice hosted by Jeff.
Photo Essay: Texas-Colorado Roadtrip
Written By: jeff
Posted On: August 19th, 2010
I love road trips. It’s one of my favorite ways to travel no matter where I am in the world. There are a lot of factors that make for a great road trip, but that is for a future blog post. In July, I got the pleasure of hanging out with two of nieces over […]
