patriotism

Canada Day 2020… eh?*

July 1, 2020 By Patrick Twomey

Canada's complicated history July 1 – Canada’s birthday. Appropriately, there are no parades this year. We are hiding covidly. Not just in the country, but regionally, for Canada is not so much a nation, but a community of jurisdictions united by an amorphous set of ideals, history and legal frameworks. * Let’s clarify ‘eh’. Endemic to the English Canadian accent (and … [Read more...]

Flag Not Required… No Need to Export Patriotism

September 7, 2015 By Patrick Twomey

This is an issue I have wrestled with for some time. In a recent conversation I did not feel I had articulated my point as well as I should have. So here we go…. Travel is often called the best education - both structured and unintended. The visitor, one would hope, should be the most affected by the experience in a learning context But of course the visitee will also be … [Read more...]

Extract of a review on Just You -Chile & Easter Island Tour

“…Finally, it wouldn’t be right to end this review without making a special mention of our tireless, enthusiastic and outstanding tour manager, Patrick Twomey, whose knowledge and expertise brought this tour to another level completely. His commentary was riveting and always insightful and he helped us to understand the complexities of Chilean society and culture with ease. He was always organized and took everything in his stride. He has an immense understanding of not only Chilean society and history (having lived there for a time), but also of the whole of Latin America and far beyond. He is fascinating to talk to and it was a privilege to be in his company. He also has a wicked sense of humour and was a good friend to everyone on the tour. He runs a very informative and interesting travel blog and website, and it is well worth consulting. I do hope that JY/TS know what an invaluable asset they have in Patrick – if I knew that he was leading a tour or that he had designed it, I’d book it like a shot!”

Barry and Mair

“Hi there PATRICK, just a few words of thanks., We were on the 7th December WINTER WONDERLAND trip with Travelsphere. It was a wonderful experience for us, and your obvious passion for your country and in your roll as tour manager made it all the more rewarding. Your efforts at showing us the best of the area are greatly appreciated by us both. We havnt stopped talking about all that we saw and keep looking at our pictures, what memories you made possible for us. THANK YOU. ”

A Just You customer review

“….the TM must have a good knowledge of the local area and be able to recommend a number of restaurants to suit people’s varying tastes. A good example of this was in Santiago last year when our TM, Patrick Twomey, on an evening when dinner wasn’t included, took those who wanted to eat out to an area with lots of restaurants. He recommended several places and we made our choice of where to eat….we enjoyed a very good night out in a local restaurant, mixed with the locals and also saw a part of the city that we hadn’t been to during that day’s city tour.”

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