Greyhound through California
When I think about traveling in America, I think about the Greyhound. It’s a familiar concept to all of us who don’t have the luxury of a car. I traveled through California a few years ago. It was quite the experience. The strange people, the awkward timetables and eery bus…
Entering the bush or bloody tea and pregnant women
It’s pretty hot, the tents are pitched and the group is ready to walk. We’re dressed in sunglasses, shorts and tanktops, but our guide approaches us with a beanie and walking stick. He’d grown up here in the Cederberg mountains. After a short walk he takes off his beanie and…
Ye old rules of Trinity College
Trinity College in Dublin was founded by the protestants as a universty for men in 1592. Later, also women and Catholics were allowed. The school has been around for a while, and so has its book full of rules. Of course it has been amended over the years, but apparently…