Dieu et Mon Droit

The Bank of Canada displayng the coat of arms. I translate roughly "God and my Right" The other part "Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense" I believe translates something like "shame on on those who think ill (of him?) Always amuses me to see British and Commonwealth symbols written in old French.

A Day in Nassau

March 11th 2011
It used to be that we came regularly to Nassau. It was the place the kids flew into for Christmas and spring break from school, or the place we chose to do check-in formalities with the Bahamian government. While it is a big and dusty city, by Bahamian standards, we always found fun things to do like dinghying the canal into Paradise Island to try our luck at the casinos, or meandering down to Pot ... read more

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Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in ... ... read more

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