Back in my wild years, when I was living on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and
NRBQ – The Sign of the Times
Sometimes you just have to follow your intuition. When I saw that NRBQ, my favorite band from my hippiefied college
THE LONG FLIGHT HOME
There were no direct flights back to Maryland from Barcelona that didn’t involve Dulles Airport, and that drive through Northern
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA
Dubrovnik, Croatiasits in an archipelago of pointed rocky islands – some occupied by a few solitary homes, and others empty
RAVENNA AND BOLOGNA
Ravenna, a city of 147,000 people, was much different than anything we had seen so far along the Italian coast.
VENICE
The approach into Venice from the ocean looked a lot like the beach at Assateague but without any waves or development
SALERNO / AMALF I/ POMPEII
As you travel down the Italian boot, the Appenine Mountains run down the middle like a tongue and on the
THE ROAD TO ROME
The town of Civitavecchia, which means “AncientCity” in Italian, is squeezed like a seaport sandwich between the blue-green Tyrrhenian Seaand
FLORENCE, ITALY
As usual, I was up before the dawn and standing on the top deck, Deck 12, as the Serenade of
CANNES, MONACO AND MONTE CARLO IN A DAY
Imagine some lumpy green hills overlooking an emerald blue Mediterranean Sea, covered with seven story rectangular crème-colored hotels and apartment buildings, all lined up