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Italy

“Where for Art Thou…” Never Mind, He’s Not Here

October 30, 2026

We left Veice this morning. Here is the baggage being loaded onto a baggage boat. The people travelled in the luxury of a water taxi. We…

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Italy

Biennale!

October 29, 2026

It’s a Venice Bienniale year– what may be the world’s foremost contemporary art exhibit, from May to November in even years. I’d see many news articled…

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Italy

The First Ghetto

October 28, 2026

Earlier this year I had the interesting opportunity to study Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. One significant fact I learned was that Shakespeare most likely never met…

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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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