travel Archives - Rowing The World & The Rowing Concierge

Rowing is absolutely not an option right now in Winnipeg. They are driving trucks on the river, it is frozen so hard. But don’t despair. As much as we might live to row, there is something quite magical about winter. When you can’t row you can: Cross-country ski – we have...

Experiencing a FISA World Rowing Tour

06 Jan 2019

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Every year FISA or World Rowing offers one or more rowing tours in beautiful places. Every year is a different location. Typically the deadlines to apply are in January. In 2019, tours will be held in both New Zealand in April and in Finland in July. While submitting my...

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Top 10 Travel Tips

16 Dec 2018

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Based on years of travelling to row, here are my top 10 travel tips – a slightly contrarian approach to planning and enjoying your next trip, whether it includes rowing or not. Buy a guidebook. Could be the physical copy or downloaded onto your phone or laptop. You could download...

How to Choose a Perfect Rowing Trip

12 Nov 2018

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You love to row, and the idea of enjoying your favourite sport in a beautiful or exotic location fires your imagination. So how to choose a rowing trip that is perfect for you? Some considerations are the same as for any package vacation: Price. But more important is th...

Wallaby and Other Wonders in Tasmania

29 Oct 2018

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How can one not be intrigued by a place that was populated by more than 70,000 convicts, has a town called Nowhere Else, and is home to a night-marauding carnivore named after the devil? The tagline for Tourism Tasmania is “a curious island at the edge of the world.” From...

Rowing Your World – Meet Kathy Berezin

23 Aug 2018

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In a new series we are calling Rowing Your World, we will introduce you to some of the clients who join us on our trips. In this post, meet Kathy Berezin, who blends her love of rowing and love of travel regularly. We not only think Kathy is special for that reason—BUT also...

6 Reasons to Visit Germany’s Mosel Valley

08 Aug 2018

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First cultivated by the Romans, the Mosel Valley, with its tranquil namesake river, has long been considered one of the most romantic settings in Europe. At more than 500 kilometres and one of the Rhine’s longest tributaries, the Mosel River flows through France, Luxembourg and...

Travelling in Uneasy Times

09 May 2018

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I sat on the riverbank in Kisangani shelling groundnuts and drinking cool beer in the equatorial heat while waiting to board a freighter down the Congo River through Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. A gaggle of skinny gap-year “adventurers” spilled from their vehicle...

Water vs. Water Bottle

22 Apr 2018

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❌We no longer want to be a part of the problem❌ We do not supply single use plastic bottles to our rowers anymore. And for every person who registers between now and May 1st for our Cape Wildflowers Rowing & Hiking trip (link in bio), we will donate 25£ to @RowZambezi. Get...