Tag Archives: Italy
Roman Reflections
Pope Francis died on Monday. Not being Roman Catholic, his death didn’t impact me emotionally, but it brought back memories of 2018, when I heard him speak in St Peter’s Square. It was Easter Sunday morning, the annual Urbe et Orbe (City and the World) sermon, kind of like an American State of the Union […]
Walking Into Vernazza
Fifteen years ago I visited Italy for the first time. Having taken Latin in school, I really wanted to see Rome. My wife wasn’t that interested – she’d been there before. She suggested we go to the Cinque Terre region, a place she had heard of but never visited. We had time, so we did […]
A Few Dents
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I had a post for today. I know I did. But I can’t, for the life of me, remember what it was I wanted to share. I just know it was tied to this date, March 31. Since I can’t remember, I’m re-running this piece from March 31, […]
Thinking of Travel
I’ve always had an aversion to standing in line. I think that goes back to the Expo ’67 World’s Fair in Montreal. Several of the most popular exhibitions could only be seen if you were willing to stand in line for hours. Which may be fine for an adult who knows what they are going […]
2021 In Review: The Colosseum
Coming in at number seven as we count down the top ten posts of 2021 is this one from March of 2016. If you are ever in the position to visit Rome, this is a must see. I’m hoping to see it again – there’s always something you hadn’t noticed on previous visits. This cross […]
Coming Into Vernazza
In the hope that someday soon restrictions will be lifted and tourism will again become possible, I thought I’d share some pictures from my 2009 Italian vacation. My wife wanted to visit Cinque Terre, a region I had never heard of before. She sold me on the idea of five isolated villages with no access […]
Your 2021 Travel Guide
Where are you planning not to go in 2021? Will you plan a vacation for 2022 instead? The never-ending pandemic has changed the way we look at so many things. I expect it will take years for the travel industry to recover. If it ever does. It feels like we are trapped in a dystopian […]
Memory Lapses
When you travel you are confident the memories will stay with you forever. It doesn’t always work that way. Every family has a box of old pictures taken before the digital age. Vacations, friends, relatives – who knows who these people are? Sometimes the names would get written on the back of the print, more […]
Fontana Del Pantheon
With Saturday’s post being about the upcoming American election, I thought perhaps a photo essay would be appropriate today, something to cleanse your palate, so to speak. And what could be more cleansing than a nicely flowing fountain? Rome has so many of them, with the best-known being Trevi Fountain, but today’s is pretty popular […]
On The Slopes of Vesuvius
They never saw it coming. I think that is a large part of the appeal, why millions of people visit Pompeii every year. It is not just that the city is well preserved thanks to having been buried for centuries under ash and lava. It is that we can empathize and identify with the people […]
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