On Safari
Here’s one more safari photo and then I’ll get back on the Napoleon track.
Margaret Rodenberg travels
From the King of the Ocean . . .
. . . to the king on land! South Africa is full of wonderful sights and experiences. We’re on safari today and tomorrow, then back to Cape Town for one day sightseeing before boarding the RMS St Helena.
Great White Sharks!
No Napoleon today—we went Great White Shark cage-diving instead. Here’s one of the seventeen friends we made. He’s about twelve feet long, and looked mighty hungry, although thousands of seals were raising pups on a nearby island. I figured they’d probably be much tastier than me.
190th Anniversary of Napoleon’s Death
Today, the 190th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death on St Helena, was our first day in South Africa. We commemorated the occasion with a visit to Groot (Estate) Constantia, just outside of Cape Town. One of the few pleasures Napoleon experienced during his six-year exile on St Helena was the Grand Constance sweet white wine …
New Places
When I was in fourth grade, I had to do a project on my home state, which my teacher, the ever-rigid Mrs. Wall, defined as a person’s birthplace. I was annoyed: I had been born in Maryland because that’s where Bethesda Naval Hospital is. At the time my Navy family lived in Virginia. I felt …