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Italy

Trying to Understand East and West in Ravenna

October 24, 2026

I do know where I am. We are in Ravenna, which means today we drove a couple of hours north and east of Perugia, leaving Umbria…

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Italy

A Return to Perugia

October 23, 2026

In 2023, we visited Perugia on our first trip to Italy. The underground city, i.e. what was left of the area where the most powerful family…

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Italy

Assisi and the Saints

October 22, 2026

Out of Italy’s twenty states, or administrative regions, Umbria is #17 by population. but, in terms of saints, it was home to three of the world’s…

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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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