Alberta Traveling Tuesdays is starting Round Three of my Travel Stories. When I started telling about the countries I had visited beginning with the Letter A – I listed Australia, my ‘A’ for Round One, Austria, my ‘A’ for Round Two and Abu Dhabi, which I wrote about when we visited the United Arab Emirates in Round One. […]
Zambia Traveling Tuesdays is finishing round two by going to the African country of Zambia. Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia from 1911. It was renamed Zambia when it gained independence in 1964. The name is derived from the Zambezi River. The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa. It is the longest east-flowing river […]
Yellowstone National Park Traveling Tuesdays is going to visit a place starting with the letter ‘Y’. Yellowstone National Park was the first national park in the United States established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. It is located on top of a volcanic hot […]
Turkey Turkey is a nation straddling eastern Europe and western Asia. This country has cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Throughout its history, Turkey has acted as both a barrier and a bridge between two continents. The flag of Turkey consists of a red field with a white crescent […]
Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia. Syria shares borders with Israel and Lebanon to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and Jordan to the south. I had the opportunity to travel to Syria while teaching in Kuwait. […]
Regina Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan, one of the Prairie Provinces of Canada. Regina is located on Treaty 4 land and lies within the traditional territory of the Metis. First Nations Peoples have lived in this region for many thousands of years. The city was originally known as ‘Pile of Bones’. This area was […]
X Luxembourg Traveling Tuesdays for the Letter X of Round Two is going to one of the two countries in the world with an X in its name. We are going to visit a small European country called Luxembourg. Officially called the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, it is surrounded by Belgium, France and Germany. To […]
Waterton Lakes National Park For the Letter ‘W, Traveling Tuesdays is going to visit one of Canada’s most beautiful places – Waterton Lakes National Park. Waterton is located in the southwest corner of the province of Alberta, Canada. It shares a border with Montana’s Glacier National Park. The prairies of Alberta meet the peaks […]