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In these pages, you’ll find more about my travels to Italy, Spain, and England for my books, as well as other travel tales from around the world. Plus you’ll uncover more about my daily drama as not only a self-published author, but also as a TV writer for ET Canada. Plus find articles about other minor matters in the world of movies and television.
Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
"Book #3 Now Has a Title!" This Friday, I return to Spain for the second part of my research trip for book #3 - although this time I'm trading in the peaceful and pastoral Camino de Santiago for the louder and more libertine Ibiza (along with Mallorca and Gibraltar)....
Baseball in My Shoe
As I stated last week, I'm not renowned for my predictions. And I get nervous when traveling friends ask me to predict their trips. "How many days should I spend in Rome?" "How many towns in Costa Rica can I see if I only have a week?" "If I arrive in Paris on a...
A Walk for the Ages & 50 Shades of Europe
I'm not renowned for my predictions. The first time I ever heard rap music I predicted that it would disappear as fast as break-dancing. "Wait a minute, they don't play instruments? They just talk over records? This can't last…" So I get nervous when traveling friends...
Camino de Santiago Stage #3
(Note that I wrote this on May 29, 2014...) "The Background" Once again, buen Camino! As you're reading this post, I'm currently walking across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. Here's another mention of it in "Bulls, Bands, and London" with a brief description...
Camino de Santiago Stage #2
(Note that I wrote this on May 29, 2014...) "The Background" Buen Camino... again! As you're reading this post, I'm currently walking across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. Here's a further mention of it in "Bulls, Bands, and London": "Now any road that takes...
Camino de Santiago Stage #1
(Note that this was written on May 29, 2014...) "The Background" Buen Camino! As you're reading this post, I'm currently walking across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. I mention it briefly in "Bulls, Bands, and London": "It's known as The Way of St. James in...
Parklife in Toronto and Drowning in the Caribbean
My upcoming trip to Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago in June has finally reached the preparation stage. I've never had to fully prep for an adventure before; usually I just arrive and go with the flow. When I swam with the dolphins in Argentina the captain said,...
Unusually Thicke with the Common People
"Unusually Thicke" Last week, Alan Thicke and his wife, Tanya, visited our ET Canada studio to not only promote their new reality comedy show, "Unusually Thicke," but to allegedly co-host our show. Now I say allegedly because our best-laid plans with celebrities (from...
It’s Not Easy Being Green (if you’re not Irish…)
So last year, you may recall, I wrote a post about St. Patrick's Day (https://www.johnmeyerbooks.com/horses-and-bulls/). Well, a reporter recently read it and asked me for a phone interview. She was working on her own article about St. Patrick's Day and wanted to...