If I were to ask you where Soweto got its name, you might answer that it’s probably a name taken from a native South African language. That was my first thought, so I was a bit surprised to learn that Soweto means South Western Townships.
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Cityscapes – Ushuaia, Argentina
I know what you’re thinking. Where is it and how do you pronounce it?
Travel Shorts: Copenhagen
In 2010, I started a tour of Scandinavia in Copenhagen. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I found Copenhagen to be a very safe, 
very clean city that takes our responsibility to the environment seriously.
However, for most, myself included, when you think of Copenhagen, you think of one thing.
The Little Mermaid.
We met up with our tour guide in the morning and the first thing I wanted to know was if we were going to see the iconic statue that morning. Continue reading “Travel Shorts: Copenhagen”
Travel Shorts – The Greek Islands
In 2009, I took a cruise of the Greek Islands in the Aegean Sea after completing a week long tour of Greece.
When I arrived on the ship, I had a couple hours free and decided it was time to do a week’s worth of laundry. I hauled everything out of my luggage and set to work washing it all in the sink. When I was done, the room was full of shorts, jeans, t-shirts and underwear hanging from every possible spot.
Then I went to dinner. Continue reading “Travel Shorts – The Greek Islands”
…the more they stay the same.
My grandfather and I are the only veterans in our immediate family. He was #38 of the First Five Hundred who joined the Newfoundland Regiment in 1914. In 1918, he published his diary in a local magazine. Continue reading “…the more they stay the same.”
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