Travel
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Report son Southern Africa: Part One
Soweto and Chobe National Park
By: - Mar 18th, 2008My three-week adventure began as well as ended in South Africa, with trips in between to Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Soweto, South Africa is a proud, culturally vibrant city with a painful apartheid history. Chobe National Park in Botswana offers insights of a different kind with variety of large and small game and a vast terrain of woodlands, savannah and flood plains.
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Italy: Ravenna
A Mosaic of Sights and Flavors
By: - Feb 01st, 2008In the delightful small city of Ravenna there are more bicycles than cars. We spent the day visiting churches with magnficent mosaics.
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Turkey: Akyaka, Gulf of Gokova and Mugla
Mediterranean Towns off the Beaten Path
By: - Jan 20th, 2008Gulf of Gokova offers an alternative vacation spot to the buzz of nearby resort towns of Bodrum and Marmaris on the Mediterranean.
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Venice Album
The Most Photographed City in the World
By: - Jan 13th, 2008Cameras in Venice click constantly. There is a cacaphony of shutters. How then to find unique images? Oh well. Here is a gallery of memories.
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Turkey: Ottoman Towns of Anatolia
Along the Silk Road inTarakli, Goynuk, Beypazari
By: - Jan 11th, 2008Ottoman towns on the Silk Road offer a respite from the urban buzz with their natural beauty,unique architecture and traditional way of life.
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Senegambia: Africa for Beginners? Part Three
An Eye-Opening Tour in West Africa
By: - Jan 08th, 2008Our Hungarian correspondent, Szabolcs Mosonyi wraps up his tour of Senegal and Gambia and shares some final thoughts on his African experience.
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Venice: Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Palazzo Cini, Santa Maria della Salute
The Absinthe Minded Professor
By: - Jan 06th, 2008Another rainy day in Venice as we visited the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, the Gallery of the Palazzo Cini and Santa Maria della Salute.
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Art in Venice
Accademia, Scuola di San Rocco, Frari
By: - Jan 05th, 2008It was a rainy, blustery week in Venice. But this mattered little when we visited some of the great museums and churches including the Accademia, Frari and Scuola di San Rocco.
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Morocco: Part Five
Tineghir to Marrakech
By: - Dec 23rd, 2007Crossing the Anti Atlas Mountains revealed ancient customs and folklore amidst breath-taking natural beauty.
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Morocco: Part Six
Marrakech
By: - Dec 23rd, 2007Morocco's African, Arab Berber and French cultures blend into a fascinating mix in Marrakech. Jemaa el-Fna in the medina, or old quarter is the heartbeat of this city, which offers a feast for all the senses.
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Venice: Piazza San Marco
Pigeons and Dungeons
By: - Dec 22nd, 2007On a rainy weekday afternoon we found the Piazza San Marco all but deserted. But it was a good opportunity to explore the Basilica without the usual crowds.
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Morocco: Part Four
Merzouga and Daya El Maider
By: - Dec 22nd, 2007Camping in the Sahara was a unique experience of a lifetime: watching the sunrise from atop gigantic dunes, meditating in their wind-carved craters, looking at the spectacle of the nightsky,and meeting the desert dwellers, the Tuaregs and the Imazighen... Need I say more?
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Morocco: Part Three
Fez and the Middle Atlas Mountain Villages
By: - Dec 21st, 2007Discover Fez, Morocco's first imperial city and its medina, the medieval town center with a labyrinth of alleyways and 600 craft shops. Then,cross the Atlas Mountains to catch sight of Berber lands.
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Morocco: Part Two
Rabat and Meknes
By: - Dec 20th, 2007Discover the imperial cities of Rabat and Meknes and Morocco's first Roman city Volubilis.
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Venice: Eat, Sleep, Drink
A Moveable Feast
By: - Dec 18th, 2007The Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, in the Dorso Duro section of Venice, steps from the Accademia Bridge over the Grand Canal had location, location, location with two fabulous restaurants and a neighborhood wine bar.
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Morocco: Part One
Casablanca to Essaouira
By: - Dec 18th, 2007Morocco's imperial cities,rich cultural fabric and natural beauty surpassed my expectations.Discover a fascinating destination in this six part series.
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Impressions of Northern Italy: Part Two
Rimini/ San Marino, Ravenna, Bologna and Milan
By: - Dec 09th, 2007Continuing coverage of a recent three week tour of Northern Italy visiting several cities with great artistic treasures.
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Italy: Signs of the Times
Staying posted
By: - Dec 05th, 2007From a huge banner for Dolce & Gabanna covering a scaffold on the Grand Canal in Venice to student bulletin boards in Bologna we recorded some signs of the times.
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Padova/ Padua Italy
Like a Weekend in Framingham
By: - Dec 04th, 2007On the way from Milan to Venice we stopped for a weekend in Padua to view the Giotto frescos in the Scrovengi Chapel. The hotel proved to be in a suburb of the city.
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Padova/ Padua: Giotto's Capella degli Scrovegni
Fifteen Minutes of Fame
By: - Dec 03rd, 2007Giotto painted a fresco cycle of the Life of the Virgin and the Life of Christ in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. It took him two years to create the paintings but today we get just fifteen minutes to view his masterpiece.
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A Thanksgiving Trip
Visiting My Daughter and Sharing London And Amsterdam
By: - Dec 01st, 2007Sharing a Holiday abroad with ex-pats and services at St Paul's Cathedral while trying to have fun on a weak dollar. The writer's daughter was studying at University College, University of London.So what better way to get a little European culture over an extended holiday week? Their trip to Amsterdam had a few problems, surprises and treats.Part 1 of 2 Parts.
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A Thanksgiving Trip (Part 2)
Visiting Daughter and Sharing London and Amsterdam
By: - Dec 01st, 2007Looking at houseboats, visiting Anne Frank's hiding place and even taking a swipe at windmills,the father/daughter odyssey in London and Amsterdam continues.
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Senegambia: Africa for Beginners? Part Two
An Eye-Opening Tour in West Africa
By: - Nov 26th, 2007Our Hungarian correspondent, Szabolcs Mosonyi, and his mates wanted the challenge of finding the Real Africa. This chapter details their continuing adventures in Senegal and Gambia.
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Impressions of Northern Italy : Milano, Padova, Venezia
The First Half of a Seven City Journey
By: - Nov 24th, 2007The first half of a three week, seven city, tour of Northern Italy. Beginning and ending in Milan with a stop in Padua before a week in Venice.
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Senegambia: Africa for Beginners? Part One
An Eye-opening Tour in West Africa
By: - Nov 10th, 2007A subjective recount of impressions from a two-week tour of Senegal and the Gambia, which revealed many aspects of life in Africa and allowed a look behind the stereotypes of Africa seen on travel shows and news programs.
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