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Dream of Oaxaca
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
First Timer in Mexico City
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
My Kind of Place: Syracuse’s Ortygia Island
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
Posted in ITALY, TRAVEL
Tagged Fount of Arethusa, Guidecca, Hotel Gutkowski, mikvah, miqwe, Ortygia, Piazza Duomo, Sicily, Syracuse, Temple of Apollo
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Central Sicily in a Day: Hill Towns, Mosaics and Unbeatable Views
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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Tagged Caltagirone, Enna, Palermo, Piazza Armerina, Salinas Archaeological Museum, Sicily, Syracuse, Vecchia Masseria, Villa Romana del Casale
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