The Nina, the Pinta...but No Santa Maria!
Last week, we took a day off as a family to travel through history. A whole lotta history! First, we visited the scale reproductions of the Nina and the Pinta, which were docked in Pittsburgh. I was amazed at how tiny the ships were. I cannot imagine trusting these vessels to go through uncharted waters for an unknown length of time to a destination that may or may not be where the captain thought it would be. Did you know that everyone except Christopher Columbus had to sleep on the ship's deck? He had his own quarters. Can you imagine having to tough it out on deck when it was storming in the middle of the ocean when all you wanted was a good night's sleep? Did you know his crew were a bunch of prisoners that had been freed to man the ship because no other crew members in their right minds would go on this fool's errand with Columbus? When they had had enough of sailing endlessly with no land in sight they almost mutinied. ...