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Mirthe Luria
GuruWalk is an international community for pay-what-you-please walking tours that connects tourists with tour guides all around the world. Our mission is for you to be able to enjoy this type of tour in any place you can imagine.
The other part of the community are the "walkers," or tourist who opt for this type of tour over the more traditional tours, who enjoy unforgettable experiences and most importantly, love to travel around the world doing guruwalks.
A "free walking tour" is a guided tour at a travel destination, where a local guide explains history, culture, and lifestyle. Currently, it is the first option that tourists choose when they visit a new city.
The concept can be a little confusing since "free" in English is a word that immediately makes you think free of cost. While becoming a part of the community, making a booking, or setting up a tour on the platform is 100% free, the traveler has to pay the guide at the end of the tour based on his experience. This concept is commonly referred to as a pay-what-you-please walking tour, because it empowers the client to pay based on their satisfaction with the tour and encourages the guide to always do their best.
"Going to walk" is not a statement in itself, it needs a destination - "I'm going to walk to the shops" would be fine but if you had no destination in mind or you didn't want to say what your destination was you would just say "I'm going for a walk."
There is nothing wrong with this construction. It sounds more British than American, for some reason, but if you can have a fight, or have a bath, or have a go at something, why can't you have a walk?
This linear walk, located in the West End of Vancouver, is 2 km, or approximately 2,624 steps in one direction. It begins at Sunset Beach and follows the seawall along English Bay. This 13.44 hectare area of linked green space is an important feature at the southern extent of downtown Vancouver. These accessible waterfront parks represent a long held vision of the Park Board to make the entire waterfront area of downtown Vancouver public recreation space.
Vancouver's beaches and publicly accessible seawall are a favourite amenity among locals and visitors alike. The accessibility of the waterfront has positioned Vancouver as one of the most livable cities in the world, as well as one of the most walkable. Come stroll along the waterfront route and discover the rich history, culture, amenities, and many benefits of walking in one of Vancouver's premier destinations.
At Sunset Beach Park, False Creek opens up into English Bay, and the waterfront becomes a sandy beach. Across the Creek, you will see Vanier Park and past Spanish Banks to UBC. West Vancouver and the North Shore mountains are also in sight. The vast open water of the Salish Sea is an inspiring view, and there are always people resting on the benches or logs taking in the grandeur.
The Vancouver Aquatic Centre, a large indoor pool which opened to the public in 1974, is found on Sunset Beach side of the Burrard Street Bridge. It provides a place for the public year around and is open daily for lane and public swimming as well as lessons.
Engagement, is one of several versions American artist Dennis Oppenheim has produced referencing the traditional engagement rings. In a "Pop Art" form where everyday domestic objects are taken out of their domestic environment and re-conceptualized as monumental sculptures, this version of Engagement rises nearly 30 feet. Sitting on top of the rings where the diamonds would be traditionally, there are two translucent houses of plexiglass and aluminum, illuminated and precariously tilted away from each other.
"Shaped like a five-story igloo," this welcoming figure was made on the Inuit model for the North West Territories pavillion at Expo 86 and was designed by Bing Thom. The figure was sited at English Bay after the fair.
The stones were brought in from a quarry in the Fraser Valley and then shaped and stacked by crane and pinned together with rebar. Inukshuks in the north are usually much smaller and the rocks are balanced on each other. They act as sign posts or distance markers that can be seen on the flat horizon. Artist Kanak said, "By a lake an Inukshuk means lots of fish." The figure is a "reminder of the ingenuity of my people in addressing transportation and communications challenges prior to the introduction of modern technology." (sources: M.Farrow, V.Sun, April 24, 1985; V.Province, May 5, 1985)
The name English Bay commemorates the meeting of European explorers in 1792. Captain Vancouver and his British crew came into contact with the Spanish fleets under Captains Valdes and Galliano. This event led to the naming of English Bay and the Spanish Bank.
The City of Vancouver acknowledges that it is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱w7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)
After two years of pandemic teaching when we were asked to limit classroom movement, I am so excited to bring back more meaningful movement in the classroom. Meaningful movement promotes collaboration and cooperation. The motion also provides students with opportunities to refocus and readjust. Plus, associating learning with movement is a great retrieval strategy. Gallery walks have become one of my favorite strategies for meaningful movement.
Overall, this strategy can be adapted to build historical context for nearly any text. Gallery walks are the perfect way to replace a boring introductory lecture! Check out similar ideas for introducing these texts:
The idea of gallery walks comes from the idea of walking through a museum. With this instructional strategy, students encounter different graphic works. In the English language arts class, this might sound a little tricky. What role does artwork play in ELA?
When introducing a new vocabulary term, I love to use inquiry-based learning. In general, this works when students are given a series of examples and then asked to work backwards to develop a definition. Oftentimes, I just do this in small groups. However, combining inquiry-based learning with a gallery walk adds another layer that makes the lesson take a little longer but also makes it far more special! Here are some of my favorite resources for inquiry-based learning:
Sometimes gallery walks are the perfect way to practice a new skill or engage in test prep. Sometimes students simply need frequent repetition of a skill to develop their capacity and aptitude for that task. For example, evaluating tone or mood requires lots of repetitions. However, simply doing a series of worksheets is dull, dull, dull. To provide students with a chance to practice without boring them to pieces, teachers can consider gallery walks.
The Walk is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne. It is based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Petit, alongside Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, and Steve Valentine.
Following its premiere at the New York Film Festival, The Walk was released by TriStar Pictures on September 30, 2015 in the United States in IMAX 3D, and on October 9 in regular 2D and 3D. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Gordon-Levitt's performance, Zemeckis' direction and the visual effects, particularly during the wire walk scene, but underperformed at the box office. The film is dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks.
In 1973, Parisian street performer Philippe Petit bites a hard candy from the audience, damaging his tooth. In the dentist's waiting room, he sees a photo of the Twin Towers in a magazine. Analyzing it, he dreams of walking a tightrope between the towers. Meanwhile, he is evicted from his parents' house by his father, who disapproves of his job. Philippe returns to the circus that inspired him to wire walk as a child and practices in the big top after hours. He is caught by Papa Rudy, whom he impresses with his juggling skills. Philippe asks Papa Rudy for tips and advice on knot tying and rope rigging, which Papa Rudy agrees to for compensation.
While performing one day, Philippe meets Annie, a fellow street performer, and they begin a romantic relationship. Annie supports him on his dream and arranges for him to practice at her music school. Meeting Jean-Louis, a photographer, they become friends, and he, the official photographer and second accomplice in his dream. Jean-Louis introduces Jeff, another accomplice with fear of heights, to Philippe and Annie. He explains his idea to use a bow and an arrow tied to a fishing line to get the cable across the Towers. After failing his first real performance by falling into a lake due to anxiety, Philippe walks between Notre Dame Cathedral's towers in Paris to redeem himself. He succeeds with Jean-Louis' support and is arrested in the process, though he receives universal applause and international attention.
Philippe and Annie travel to America, setting a date for the walk as August 6, 1974. He disguises himself to spy and scout out the locations, impaling his foot on a nail in the process. At one point, he meets a fan of Philippe's, seeing him at Notre Dame: Barry Greenhouse, a life insurance salesman who works in the building and becomes another team member. They also meet French-bilingual electronics salesman J.P., amateur photographer Albert, and stoner David. The team goes over the plan several times, deciding Philippe must be on the wire before the construction crews arrive at 7:00 a.m.
On the eve of the event, the team encounters several challenges: being three hours behind schedule, guards on the premises, and nearly dropping the heavy cable off the roof. However, they successfully string up the ropes and set the wires. Philippe begins his walk, explaining that everything around him faded once he started, except the wire and himself, and that for the first time in his life, he felt genuinely thankful and at peace. He successfully crosses the gap between the towers while crowds below cheer him on. Once reaching the other building, Philippe has an urge to return, so he walks back again across the void. At one point, he kneels to his audience and even lies down. The police arrive and threaten to remove him by helicopter if he does not get off. But Philippe relentlessly continues to walk back and forth until he achieves the feat a total of six times in his 45-minute performance and feels confident enough to showboat on occasion before complying. He is arrested on site, with the police and construction workers commending him on his bravery.
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