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Unveiling the Beauty of the Balkans
I happily admit to being a hard-wired traveler, I blame it on my early years growing up in Southeast Asia, where my father served as an international liaison for US interests. His pursuit of adventure was contagious. ...
A Visit to the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden in South Africa
A wonderful attribute of our professional retirement is having time to travel to far-flung parts of the world. Last fall we embarked on a tour of the Stellenbosch region of Southern Africa, sponsored by noted landscape designer Karen Chapman, …
Iceland’s Upper Crust
At 4:30 AM on 18 November 1775, an earthquake rocked eastern Massachusetts, tilting church steeples, and sending the grasshopper weathervane atop Boston’s Faneuil Hall hopping to the plaza below. Today, geologists link this …
Willie ‘Chile’ Alexander
7/7 Received an email with several pics from Willie: We are here in Valparaiso on top of this steep hill, the green one in the middle is our AirBnB /// this section of town is really decorated /// holy crap!! Taking tons of street pics ...
An Artistic Trek to the Isle of Sardinia
Many of our regional artists will travel beyond Cape Ann, to add additional extraordinary vistas to their portfolios. Lynn Maguire, a well-known member of the local cultural scene, along with 14 other artistic travelers ...
Foreign correspondent Part 2
The high-speed Eurostar rail, which connects France and England via tunnel under the Channel, is a sleek, efficient marvel of modern engineering, imagination, construction, and cooperation. Paris to London in about two hours. ...
Foreign Correspondent Part 1
Spent a magical few days visiting David and his indispensable partner JP at their secluded, farm-country home nestled in a small pocket of Normandy. In the brief three years since moving in, throughout the global pandemic, ...