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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.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

GCBC Special: Setting the Scene, The Isle of Lewis
Join Liz Lister of Scottish Blethers Podcast in this Special “The Black House” event.
In this member-exclusive Zoom presentation, Liz will introduce you to the island location in which The Black House is set and explore some of the specific places featured in the book. From the acres of white sand on Uig beach to the standing stones of Callanish and Stornoway itself, capital of the island. We’ll explore whether, as Fin suggests, little has changed on the island for generations.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

Tuesdays with Fran - Tarazona
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits Tarazona, an incredible village at the feet of Moncayo mountain.

GCBC Special: The Guga Harvest
Join Liz Lister of Scottish Blethers Podcast in this Special “The Black House” event.
The Black House revolves around this question. The rock is An Sgeir, lying fifty miles north of the tip of Lewis—three hundred feet of storm-lashed cliffs rising straight out of the sea. For four hundred years, the men of Ness have made a two-week trip every August to harvest gannet chicks, or guga as they are called in Gaelic. What started as a necessity for food has become a tradition – a rite of passage for young men.
In this presentation Liz will take a closer look at what is involved in this annual pilgrimage: how supplies are transported to sustain the men on an island without food, water or power; the black house in which they live; how the guga are culled, preserved, and transported back to the island to be eaten as a delicacy; and the controversy generated by this tradition.

GC PRESENTS: Guy Fawkes Night
In Chapter 4 of The Black House, Fin and his friends set out to build the biggest bonfire in Ness. Rivalry is fierce, every village wants theirs to be the best, and so when word spreads that the boys of the neighbouring village have got hold of a giant tractor tyre, a plot is hatched to steal it from under their noses.
In this presentation we’ll explore the origins of Bonfire Night in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605—when Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament with King James inside. The group hoped to end the persecution of Roman Catholics by the Protestant Government, but when the assassination attempt failed there was a wave of national relief and a mood of loyalty and goodwill towards the King that was demonstrated through the building of bonfires. Learn more about the plot and the origins behind some of the fireworks that light up our skies.
Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot
I see no reason why gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot
And so, across the UK on 5th November or thereabouts, bonfires will be built and fireworks set off. To commemorate this event in history. To celebrate the tradition. But above all – to have fun.
Tuesdays with Fran - The day of the dead
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he explains us about the traditions of death in the Basque Country.

Guggenheim Bilbao
October is Architecture month here in Guide Collective, with this excuse Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps will show us the amazing Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, designed by Frank O. Gehry .

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

The Story of Glasgow through its Street Art
Glasgow through its street murals!
Helen of Scottish Blethers will introduce us to the story of Glasgow through the work of local artists adorning many of its buildings.
The fortunes of the city have ebbed and flowed like the mighty River Clyde on which it was built. From the story of Saint Mungo, the city’s patron saint, to the technological innovations emerging from its universities, Helen will guide us around the city’s mural trail introducing us to the artists and explaining the relevance of their work.

GCBC Special: Where the adventure takes place
Join Helen Houston of Scottish Blethers Podcast in this Special “Kidnapped” event.
In this zoom presentation Helen will take us round the route of the adventure and introduce us to the places that feature in the book.
She will explain the facts that happened in history, and which are woven into this fictional adventure.

Tuesdays with Fran - Guetaria
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits Guetaria, a small village by the cosat of Vizcay well known for it´s food, and fashion.

GCBC Special: Historical context of “Kidnapped”
Join Helen Houston of Scottish Blethers Podcast in this Special “Kidnapped” event.
Kidnapped is set in mid 1700s Scotland, a time of great political unrest and conflict. Although Robert Louis Stevenson was writing some 100 years after the setting of Kidnapped, people in Edinburgh and Scotland were still very aware of their fragile identity. In this presentation Helen will explain some of the events happening in Scotland which give context to the story.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.
Tuesdays with Fran -Gorge of Arbayún
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits the gorge of Arbayún. A natural canyon eroded by the river Salazar at the feet of the Pyrenees.

Tuesdays with Fran - Tudela
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits the amazing village of TUDELA. The second largest city in Navarra.

Tuesdays with Fran - Biarritz
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits Biarritz with local guide and friend CLAIRE.

The Basque Matriarchal Society
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he introduces us into the Matriarcal Basque culture. A tradition that started with mythology, love of nature and unfortunatelly some witchcraft.
This time it will be a PowerPoint presentation.

GC PRESENTS: IS Scotland on your Bucket List?
Join Helen Houston and Liz Lister of Scottish Blethers Podcast in a Live Virtual Tour of Scotland.
Ever thought of a trip to Scotland but not sure where to begin? Let Liz and Helen– the Scottish Blethers – give you some suggestions and travel tips to kick-start your planning.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.
Tuesdays with Fran - Irurita
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits ITURITA, a small village in the Pyrenee Mountains.

“The Invisible Guardian” Tour
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits a ELIZONDO and discovers the secret places where the action of “The Invisible Guardian” takes place.

Tuesdays with Fran - EUNATE
Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he visits a Santa María de EUNATE. A misterious romanesque chapel, that some people say is a Knights Templar secret church…

“Let’s go to” SPAIN
It is time to start thinking about our next travel experiences.
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in his presentation of the tours he is offering for this coming Fall and 2022 dates where we will discover Spain.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.

50 Minutes with Jorge
Join Jorge of Traveling with Jorge in this bi-weekly live Broadcast with different topics.
Cultural, cooking, walking “out of the paths” tours, parks, and whatever calls my attention to be shared for your enjoyment.