Returning as a tourist to a place you once lived can be interesting. We did it in Wellington recently, staying in Newtown, an area we’d driven through regularly but never spent much time in. On a wander around one fine morning I looked across the main street and saw, above the awning over standard restaurant/shop […]
Tag: History
Visiting Vikings
28-30th July L’Anse aux Meadows sits at the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, the ‘finger’ that points to Greenland. We deliberated about visiting – the drive from Bonne Bay is nearly five hours – but in the end decided we really wanted to see the site where Vikings lived a thousand years ago. The trip isn’t […]