Month: August 2017

In a Land Far, Far Away, Travel - The Journey Begins

Village Life — Savoring: A Lake You Can Drink and Other Singularities — Part 7

Unexpected treasures and sights are around every hairpin turn here in Italy. On the corner of Strada Provincial 6 and a country lane near Bagnoregio sits a gallery of delightful, durable, re-purposed dragons, monsters, and demons and an ark for them to sail in. On Google maps, where I found the self-same cross-streets circa 2011, none of the sculptures existed. August 2017, there they are, a herd … Continue reading Village Life — Savoring: A Lake You Can Drink and Other Singularities — Part 7

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Village Life — Conversation Starters — Part 6

One month ago, I became a home owner in a small, medieval village near the boundary between the provinces of Lazio and Umbria, in Italy. This region has a history replete with conquering heroes, banished popes, betrayal among princes, commerce along the Tiber, and people, always people, living their lives, birthing babies, farming land, and meeting in the marketplace to gossip and share information. The … Continue reading Village Life — Conversation Starters — Part 6

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Village Life — Rome’s Trevi Fountain and Others in Danger — Part 5

  For two days in late July, the northeastern region of Lazio province was hit with torrential downpours during a couple of major tempesta di tuono, thunder storms. One crack of thunder on the 24th surpassed the takeoff decibels of 10 passenger jets. It blasted forth just overhead as I waited on a bus for the driver to return. Unleashed simultaneous to the thunder was a cascade … Continue reading Village Life — Rome’s Trevi Fountain and Others in Danger — Part 5

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