FROM CONCENTRATION CAMPS TO TRENDY KRAKÓW Part 1 was The Razing and Rebuilding of Warsaw I grew up with the horror stories of the Holocaust, from family whispers to the stacks of books I devoured. (I can’t count how many versions of The Diary of Anne Frank I have read or seen acted.) Just knowing […]
Strudel, Schnitzel and Strauss weren’t all that grabbed our attention about Eastern Europe, but they were certainly components of the rich cultural influences food, wine, music, arts, and architecture played during our recent Odysseys Unlimited Discovering Eastern Europe tour. The trip evoked memories of our ancestry. Yiddish was the language my grandparents, aunts and uncles […]
PLACE YOUR BETS. THESE NEW KENTUCKY VENUES ARE SURE WINNERS! When you think of Kentucky, do you immediately think bourbon and horses? Add culinary innovation to the mix and you will understand why Hermitage Farm is transforming a horse farm into an agritourism destination. Located just 25 minutes from downtown Louisville, owner Steve Wilson says […]
WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT FOR SUMMER ROAD TRIPS ACROSS THE U.S. WalletHub, a company that surveys and analyses how people live, travel and spend, knows that across the U.S, summer is a time for road trips. But, all road trips are not equal. According to WalletHub’s latest survey, California has the highest number of scenic byways, […]
GONDOLIERS DON’T SING BUT VENICE STILL EVOKES ROMANCE In Part 5 – The Classical Beauty Of Tuscany, The Elegance Of Florence And San Gimignano’s Tall Towers VENICE Where we stayed: The Carnival Palace Hotel, opened in 2012, overlooks the Cannaregio Canal in the heart of historic downtown Venice. The modern 67 room hotel is not […]
THE CLASSICAL BEAUTY OF TUSCANY, THE ELEGANCE OF FLORENCE AND SAN GIMIGNANO’S TALL TOWERS Part 4 was Medieval City Faced Chemical Warfare And Peace Makers Wage War Against Poverty In Orvieto And Assisi SIENA, FLORENCE and SAN GIMIGNANO Where we stayed: Villa San Filippo is an 18th century 35-room resort in the Chianti hills, in […]
MEDIEVAL CITY FACED CHEMICAL WARFARE AND PEACE MAKERS WAGE WAR AGAINST POVERTY IN ORVIETO AND ASSISI Part 3 was The Power Of Prayer And Governments Ruled Montecassino And Rome ORVIETO, ASSISI and DERUTA Where we stayed: You couldn’t ask for a better central location to unpack your bags than the Grand Hotel Italia when staying […]
THE POWER OF PRAYER AND GOVERNMENTS RULED ROME Part 2 was the Sex, Lives And Jewelry Of Pompeii And Sorrento ROME Where we stayed: I never tire of staying in former palaces converted to hotels. One such converted palace to hotel is the 110-room Empire Palace Hotel in Rome, originally built in 1879. Room sizes […]
SEX, LIVES AND JEWELRY OF POMPEII AND SORRENTO Part 1 was The Magnificent Sights And Sounds Of Amalfi And Ravello POMPEII, SORRENTO and MONTECASSINO Watching one of many fictionalized movies about the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted does not adequately impart the swift horror that befall the populace. […]
Part 1 – THE MAGNIFICANT SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF AMALFI AND RAVELLO Pizza, pasta and gelato. Wines that never reach America. Mythological gods and goddesses. Warring religious and political leaders. Artists, sculptors and architects whose works still breathe life into a people, country and tourism-driven economy. Stunning landscapes of contrasting colors, from the foam-tipped whites […]