Category: STORIES
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Florence | Buongiorno, part two
If you read part one, you’ve experienced the first half of my one day layover in Florence. The second half starts with lunch time, and I was directed to a restaurant frequented by the locals.
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Florence | Buongiorno, part one
I had a one day layover in Florence, Italy…just one day. How much can you really do in one day? Wait for it…I packed so much into this day, I have to write the story in two parts.
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Extremes
Exactly two weeks ago I was in Paris, with temperatures so cold it made your face hurt.
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Prague | Where’s Waldo?
Wandering around the city of Prague, I noticed that I could see the fairy castle on the hill no matter where I was. It became like a “Where’s Waldo” game…here, you try it…
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FLASHBACK | Barcelona | Casa Camper
You’ve got to love a hotel where you get two rooms for the price of one: a bedroom with en suite bathroom, and a lounge across the hall…with a hammock.
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Limoges | All in One Day
The day began on a 6 am train, leaving Paris in the dark. Three and a half hours later, the sun was shining and I was in Limoges, porcelain capital of the world.
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India | Extreme Color
These colors are not found in nature. These colors are dazzling. Resplendent. Glorious. Spectacular. These are the colors of Jodhpur’s Clock Tower Market in India.
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India | Twenty-four hours ago
I’m in Connecticut and it’s snowing. Twenty-four hours ago, I was standing in the bazaar in the center of Old Delhi, dripping with sweat and covered with dust.
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Amalfi Coast | The Sirens
One morning I looked out from my balcony in Positano and saw this ship sailing across the harbor, in front of the islands of Homer’s famous sirens. The Li Galli islands in the distance are where those famous seductresses lured sailors to their deaths in Homer’s Odyssey.
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Positano | It’s Real
When I first got to Positano, I texted a photo to a close friend. Her response was, “This is a real place?” Gazing out at the astonishing vertical village rising up from the sea, I had exactly the same thought.
