Category Archives: TRAVEL

Dream of Oaxaca

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

My four days in Oaxaca last month are a fading dream. I was already starting to feel nervous about riding in crowded vans, as we did one day to get to the nearby ruins, and my hand sanitizer got a … Continue reading →

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First Timer in Mexico City

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

SIX DAYS AGO, I got back from two weeks in Mexico. It was supposed to have been a three-week vacation, but fears of the U.S.-Mexico border closing suddenly and the possibility, if flights were cancelled, of having to rent a … Continue reading →

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Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples, with a Pit Stop in Noto

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples is the most amazing place you’ve never heard of. At least I had never heard of it, until I began planning a trip to Sicily a few months back. Turns out Sicily’s south coast has … Continue reading →

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My Kind of Place: Syracuse’s Ortygia Island

Posted on April 1, 2019 by

I’ve found a spot I could make my base for a period of time some winter, when I’m not rushing through Sicily as fast as I can in the time allotted: it’s the island of Ortygia, a labyrinthine medieval quarter … Continue reading →

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Central Sicily in a Day: Hill Towns, Mosaics and Unbeatable Views

Posted on March 28, 2019 by

We were reluctant to leave Palermo without visiting its renowned archaeological museum, below, so we squeezed in an hour there on our last morning. Seeing the magnificent sculpture and decorative arts of millennia past always helps put things in perspective. … Continue reading →

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