10-14th July 2023 In 1497, John Cabot, a Genoan sailing under an English flag (hence the Anglicisation of his name from Giovanni) spotted land for the first time since leaving Britain. Oh, buono vista! he exclaimed. Thus was the Bonavista Peninsula, and the town, named. The town is a strange place, roads twisting and bending, […]
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A Whale of a Time
Few sights in the world are as awe-inspiring as that of a spout of water gushing into the air from the sea, followed by the knobbly lump of cetacean flesh that caused it rising through the waves. I’ve seen whales a few times and each time is like the first, the thrill of seeing something […]
Tracy Annenberg 