In brief: We hadn’t visited Rome for 19 years since we lived in neighboring Umbria. So our aim was largely to wander across the city. Here are some digital “vedute” of our memorable moments. Vedute…
In brief: We took the opportunity in the Spring of 2025 to re-visit two of our favorite museums, and certainly tops in Lisbon – the Bordalo Pinheiro and the Gulbenkian. Bordalo Pinheiro Some five years…
In brief: We found a bit of old Lisbon under the aqueduct in the Campolide freguesia. At the edge of forested Monsanto park, on a plateau looking out over the Campolide valley, we took a…
In brief: The bountiful Kakheti region is not just sloshing in wine, the major product now. It’s overflowing with secular and religious history as well. The last major region we aimed to see in the…
Entrance, Teatro São Luiz The theatre is not dead - at least not the Teatro São Luiz. Built for royalty to enjoy, it endured through the end of the monarchy and still welcomed the best…
Peace, liberty, the future…celebrators and demonstrators - directly acting on their right to express their views - repeated these themes during Portugal's country-wide celebration of its liberation from the dictatorship of Salazar's fascist regime. On…
In brief: On a short but busy return visit to Vienna, we found a city even more beautiful and interesting than ever. It was a quick trip to Vienna to visit with my son to…
We traveled by bus to the north of Portugal at the edge of the border with Spain, a hilly region called Minho. Minho is well known for its special “green” wine, the Vinho Verde, as…
It’s no wonder that those who want a balance between city and country life find Viana do Castelo so welcoming in northern Portugal. It’s a town of 85000 people at the heart of the Minho…
Allis Ubbo, Olissipo, Olisipona, Al-Usbuma, Lixboa, Lisboa…each of these names for Lisbon represents a different period of occupation: Phoenicians, Romans, early Christians, Moors, later Christians, Pombaline. Entering NARC and millennia past And each period can…