Meeting news from our branches around the world.
The next meeting will be on January 18th at the the Woodsworth
Co-op : Ann Dohler will talk about her recent trip to Peru,
the Galapagos and the Amazon.
For further information on Ontario meetings, please contact: Svatka
Hermanek: shermanek@schulich.yorku.ca or Bruce Weber: tel.
416-203-0911 or Paul Webb: tel. 416-694-8259.
Toronto GT Meetings are held on the third Friday of January,
March, May, September and November. Usually at the Woodsworth
Co-op, Penthouse, 133, Wilton Street in
downtown Toronto at 8.00 p.m.
Iona, the tiny island off Mull, off the west coast of Scotland, is
known as being the island where St. Columba and his 12 disciples
landed from Ireland in AD 563 and spread the word of Christianity
to Scotland and beyond. As such, it is an important centre for
pilgrims who flock to Iona once a year. In fact, many Kings of
Scotland, Norway and Ireland are buried on Iona.
It is unbelievably small and picturesque and runs 3 miles from
north to south and 1½ miles from east to west. Whilst cars
are not allowed on Iona, it is possible to visit by ferry from
Mull. There are two hotels which can be contacted by internet: the
Argyll Hotel reception@argyllhoteliona.co.uk
and the St Columba Hotel columba@btconnect.com.
Iona is very green and peaceful; it has a wonderfully serene feel
to the island, one of calm. There is an Abbey and a Nunnery that
hold what is believed to be some of the most complete collection of
Christian carved stones in Scotland, ranging in age from 600AD to
the 1600s.
To see: there is St Columbus' restored monastery, shops, a post
office, hotels, a golf course, an old marble quarry, gorgeous sandy
beaches, walking paths and plenty of wild life to see.
The winner of last months' Fiji Quiz is Arthur Carmichael from
the United States. We have another travel guide to give away this
month, called Climbing in New Zealand by the repressible Alastair
Lee who was a fantastic speaker at the January London Globetrotter
meeting.