Iceland's Golden Circle
We visited Iceland with our two daughters and son-in-law in June 2021 just after it began to welcome vaccinated Americans and we spent...
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Jul 10, 20217 min read
Three Days in Reykjavik, Iceland
When Iceland announced in late spring of 2021 that it would welcome vaccinated Americans, we jumped on the opportunity. Like most...
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Apr 3, 20218 min read
Lessons Learned; Ten Travel Mistakes to Avoid
We try to learn from the mistakes we've made during our travels. Years of traveling around the globe have taught us a lot of valuable...
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Feb 7, 20215 min read
A Magical Night in the Sahara Desert
I can honestly say that our night in the Sahara desert and our hour and a half-long camel trek there through the salmon-colored dunes was...
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Jan 17, 20214 min read
Fez and the Atlas Mountains
If we thought that Marrakech was a rabbit warren of alleys through the souk, or market, it was nothing compared to Fez! The second...
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Jan 3, 20215 min read
Morocco: Land of Contrasts
Our trip to Morocco was the fortunate brainstorm of two of our children who wanted to go on a family trip with us. We pondered several...
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Oct 24, 20205 min read
One Week in Magnificent Sydney
Australia had been on our bucket list for a long time and when our nephew who lives in Sydney announced his wedding date, it was a done...
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Aug 29, 20207 min read
Obtaining a Second Passport; Our Journey to Dual Citizenship
I’m an unapologetic francophile. I knew from the moment I could choose a foreign language in school that it would be French. I majored...
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Jul 19, 20204 min read
Mt. Vesuvius and Herculaneum
We knew we wanted to visit either Pompeii or Herculaneum while we were in Naples, but which one? In the end we chose Herculaneum...
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Jul 5, 20201 min read
The Art Metro Stations of Naples, Italy
Naples has a small but efficient metro system consisting mainly of two lines, 1 and 6 (the yellow and light blue lines, below). In 2006...
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Jun 27, 20203 min read
Mangia! The Pizza, Pastries, Fruit and Fish of Naples
Mangia! This command conjures up the image of the quintessential Italian grandmother at Sunday dinner. Italy is renowned for its food...
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Jun 27, 20205 min read
Three Days in Naples, the Soul of Italy
Are you planning a trip to Italy? Not surprisingly, most people dream of Rome, Florence, Venice and the Tuscan hills and indeed, they're...
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Jun 13, 20203 min read
One Day in Sorrento, the Lemon-Yellow Paradise
Naples is a great jumping-off point for a number of day trips. I wanted to go to the Amalfi Coast and Paul wanted to explore Naples a...
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May 23, 20205 min read
The Miracle of Abu Simbel
Just 25 miles north of the Sudanese border, the two temples originally built into the sandstone cliffs of Abu Simbel are not only a...
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May 9, 20204 min read
Valley of the Kings and the Magnificent Tombs of the Pharaohs
The ancient Egyptians buried their dead on the west bank of the Nile where the sun "dies". Nowhere is this more evident than at the...
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Apr 25, 20204 min read
The Nubian Village
The Nubians are an ancient ethnic civilization dating back as early as 7000 BC. They settled along the Nile, generally between Aswan,...
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Apr 18, 20202 min read
Dendera Temple Complex Temple of Hathor
The entire Dendera Temple complex comprises 430,000 sq. ft. and the Temple of Hathor, the main temple of the complex, is one of the best...
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Apr 11, 20203 min read
Abydos Temple and the Love Story of Osiris and Isis
Located about 100 miles north of Luxor, Abydos Temple was built around 1500 BC by Ramses II and is dedicated to Osiris, god of the...
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Apr 4, 20204 min read
Karnak and Luxor Temples
Karnak Temple Karnak Temple is actually a city of temples built over a 2,000-year span from roughly 2055 BC to 100 AD although recent...
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Mar 28, 20202 min read
Cairo's Cave Church and Garbage City
Monastery of St. Simon The Christian residents of Garbage City (see below) needed a place to worship after a fire destroyed their church....
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Mar 28, 20203 min read
Coptic Cairo and the Ben Ezra Synagogue
Also known as Old Cairo, this area grew around the Roman fortress of Babylon built at the time of Augustus after his conquest of Egypt in...
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Mar 21, 20203 min read
Luxor
The Nile is the lifeblood of Egypt. It's tied with the Amazon for the distinction of being the longest river in the world. It begins...
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Mar 14, 20204 min read
The Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara
This was a "pinch-me" day. Seeing the pyramids in person is like seeing the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower or the Sydney Opera House for...
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Mar 7, 20205 min read
Cairo, the City that Never Stops
Egypt has been on our list of countries to visit for a long time. When the "Arab Spring" demonstrations (which the Egyptians call the...
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