by C.D. Gill | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog, Travel
What really makes you a professional traveler? Is it the hours in a week you spend on the road or in the air? Is it how you travel when you do travel? Or is it how organized you are when you do travel? I submit that all of the above may be the answer in a way....
by C.D. Gill | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog, Culture, Travel
The differences between American English and British English are a lovely thing. Even lovelier is that some– okay, the majority– of the English-speaking world favors British English over American. Could be the whole colonization thing. Could be the queen....
by C.D. Gill | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog, Culture, Travel
Does this question ever burn in your mind: when should I keep my clothes on in public? The simple answer to that is–always. However, sometimes on vacation, the lines are slightly blurred. In beach towns, people seem to think nothing of the amount of skin showing...
by C.D. Gill | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog, Culture, Travel
Short quiz for you. What is South Africa’s main language? English, right? After all, they were a colony of Britain. Wrong, not just English. South Africa has 11 different official languages. CIA World Factbook lists them as such: IsiZulu (official) 22.7% ...
by C.D. Gill | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog, Culture, Travel
Toilets probably aren’t a topic you are going to be researching before heading out on vacation, even internationally. More often than not, you just assume that everyone else’s toilets are just like ours. But they’re not. (I was quite surprised when I...
by C.D. Gill | Jul 23, 2014 | Blog
How many men does it take to read a map? Copyright by Martin Haake, via CreativeRoots Switzerland was gracious enough to provide occasional maps as we traveled through towns. So up hills and down hills we went slipping the clutch in our big van. Dad drove. Grandma and...
by C.D. Gill | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog
I’m loving Anglophenia. The British phrases she uses would baffle me… except I live with a Brit. I know, it’s not fair. I have an advantage. But the video will still crack you up. Even if you don’t live with a Brit. Enjoy! [youtube...
