SLOW TRAVEL
Slowtrav.com: www.slowtrav. Independent reviews and classifieds for vacation rentals.
Vacances Provençales Vacations: Toronto; 1-800-263-7152 or 416-322-5565; www.europeanhomerentals.com. Vacation rentals.
Butterfield & Robinson: Toronto; 1-800-678-1147; butterfield.com. Upscale walking and cycling tours
Horizon Travel: Toronto; 1-800-387-2977 or 1-416-585-9911; www.horizon-co.com. Upscale “exploratory” and “classic” travel.
ItalySlowTravel: Staranzano (Gorizia), Italy; 39 (0481) 475105; www.italyslowtravel.com. Based in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, offers gourmet-oriented, tailor-made trips.
MORE SLOW
In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré (Vintage Canada); www.inpraiseofslow.com.
Slow food: www.slowfood.com; slowfoodquebec.com (French). Check out the Montreal melon under the Ark of Taste at the main slow-food site.
Slow cities: www.cittaslow.net.
Society for the Deceleration of Time: www.zeitverein.com.
As Slow as Possible: 1 Am Kloster, Halberstadt, Germany; www.john-cage.halberstadt.de (mostly in German but there's a cool webcam). The church, 97 kilometres southeast of Hanover, is open Tuesday to Sunday. The next chord progression will take place on March 5, 2006.
