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LIVE-streamed and Virtual Travel Events with Expert Guides
See the world through our window! Join us for interviews, walking tours, classes and virtual travel with our local experts from around the world. Some events are free, others must be reserved and paid ahead. Check listings for details and links. Tour costs must be paid directly to guides. All times are PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (ie Seattle/Los Angeles) but confirm time with your guide.
Live-Stream Events: These are events in the wild, where guides roam naturally amongst their habitats, streamed live on Zoom, Facebook Live, or YouTube Live, with active participant interaction.
Virtual Tours: These events are prerecorded video and images combined with live commentary and active participant discussion.
GC Book Club March 2022 Intro
Helen Houston part of the “Scotish Blethers” presents Muriel Spark’s book “The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie”
GC Book Club Oct. 2021 Intro
Helen Houston part of the “Scotish Blethers” presents Robert Louis Stevenson’s book “Kidnapped”
GC Book Club July 2021 Intro
Helen Houston part of the “Scotish Blethers” presents Alexander McCall Smith’s book “44 Scotland Street”
GC Book Club June 2021 Intro
Sarah Murdoch of Adventures with Sarah & Susanna Perruchini presents a live introduction to The Shape of Water
GC Book Club MAY 2021 Discussion
GC Book Club Members will connect live with Jorge Roman of Traveling with Jorge and Trish Feaster of The Travelphile to talk about “The Pilgrimage” by Paulo Coelho via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).
GC Book Club MAY 2021 Intro
Jorge Roman of Traveling with Jorge will introduce us to “The Pilgrimage” written by Paulo Coelho.
GC Book Club APRIL 2021 Discussion
GC Book Club Members will connect live with Ben Curtis and Trish Feaster of The Travelphile to talk about “The Habsburgs: The History of a Dynasty” via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).
GCBC: The Habsburg’s Artistic Treasures
Ben Curtis is one of GC Guides, but also the author of this fantastic book “The Habsburgs:The History of a Dynasty”
Today Ben will intruduce us to the Artistic Treasures of the Habsburgs
GC Book Club APRIL 2021 Intro
Ben Curtis is one of GC Guides, but also the author of this fantastic book “The Habsburgs:The History of a Dynasty”
The Habsburgs are the most important family in European history, and over the centuries they ruled everywhere from Portugal to Poland, England to Serbia. This book gives a scholarly but engaging view on how the dynasty came to power, clung to power, and massively influenced so many societies right across the continent.
GC Book Club MARCH 2021 Discussion
GC Book Club Members will connect live with Nina Seffusatti and Trish Feaster of The Travelphile to talk about “Jean de Florette” & “Manon of the Springs” via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).
GC Book Club MARCH 2021 Intro
France tour guide Nina Seffusatti guides us through Marcel Pagnol’s two-part novel, The Water of the Springs: Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources (“Manon of the Springs”). Immerse yourself in the Provence of the early 1900s with this sumptuously descriptive best-selling French read.
GC Book Club February 2021 Intro
Sarah Murdoch of Adventures with Sarah & Susanna Perruchini presents a live introduction to The Shape of Water