Story and video Newfoundland-Spirits of the Vikings

Clayton Colbourne grew up playing with ghosts - the spirits of Vikings that lived on the grassy shores of of L'Anse aux Meadows fishing village more than 1,000 years ago. Join Janie Robinson as she follows the trail of Norse explorers on Newfoundland's remote Great Northern Peninsula. Read Janie's Toronto Star newspaper travel story Spirits of the Vikings and watch Janie Robinson's J-Walk Travel Media Production travel web video from Oslo, Norway Vikings Came First.

Video - Norway Vikings

Residents of Oslo, Norway have always known that the Vikings arrived in North America before Christopher Columbus. They just had trouble proving it, until a Viking site was discovered in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Take a look at Janie Robinson's J-Walk Travel Media Production web travel video shot in Oslo, Norway  Vikings Came First.

Celebrating The Fall of the Wall in Germany

On this 20th anniversary of 'The Fall of the Wall', a reunited Germany has good reason to celebrate. Janie Robinson explores this country without borders in her current travel column in the May/June 2009 Simcoe Life Magazine, pages 28 to 30. www.simcoelife.ca/sites/simcoelife_ca/upload/PDFs/2009-may-simcoelife2.pdf

Enjoy some Fresh Air

Join Janie Robinson on CBC Radio Fresh Air, and celebrate the unofficial start to summer here in Ontario. Hiking, biking, boating, fishing, camping and geocaching - join Janie live on CBC's Fresh Air between 8 and 8:30 am on Saturday, May 9, 2009. You can listen-in anytime and find a list of Janie's suggested Weekend Getaway websites at www.cbc.ca/freshair.