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Italy

Once Upon a Time, there Were Zero Zucchini in Italy

October 19, 2026

Every day in Italy, it crosses my mind that if I could just have a conversation with someone in the past, I would want to know……

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Italy

Appian Way and the Catacombs

October 19, 2026

I arranged a tour for us with Context Travel, to be delivered to the Appian Way and tour one of the catacombs. We had a guide,…

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Italy

On Our Own in Rome

October 17, 2026

What the board above doesn’t say is, really, we don’t like cappuccino after noon, at all… We are happily back in Rome, almost exactly one year…

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More Buffalo and More Paestum

November 9, 2025

We did a new version of our itinerary from October 26. New water buffalo, same Paestum. Today we visited an organic water buffalo farm and it was different from the last. This…

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Leaving with Laura

Leaving with Laura

I am a retired middle school science teacher, administrator, and head of school. I am very grateful to be traveling again, and will not take being able to travel for granted! I like to learn about history and art when we travel, as well as natural history.

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