September 11, 2018

Blogpost: Panama – It’s More than Just a Canal

Greetings! My husband and I recently took an adventure a bit closer to home, to the country of Panama (and if you’re keeping count, this is country #58 for me). Below are some of our initial impressions, highlights, and photos. Unlike our European trips from earlier this year, we did not do as many tours or participate in as many activities that would have lent themselves to providing a lot of historical or even current events information. However, I will share what we did learn.   Panama is an isthmus (remember that term from 7th grade geography??), and in the indigenous language, “panama” means “abundance of butterflies.” There are 16,000…