Florence, Italy: It’s All About the Art
And other observations during a two-night trip to Florence Excuse me, but how did this post that I published on Medium.com a few years back not make it onto my blog?! Here it is, regardless. (In case you’re wondering how…
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A Walking Tour of Naples, Italy
I’m reblogging this post from The Gen X Travels, a fellow WordPress blogger, for two reasons: 1) it has some great “in the moment” photos that I think my travel readers will enjoy and 2) because I want to be…
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Orientalism in Venetian Art
Orientalism in Venetian Art Orientalism in Venetian Art Featured Photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash
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Making waves in Venice: A gondola and a cruise ship
For Venice lovers: a video clip of each I’ve been to Venice twice, but neither time have I ridden a gondola or disembarked from a cruise (or embarked on one, for that matter). On my first trip to Venice, I…
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How I found connection in the Basilica of San Vitale
On this Easter Sunday, my thoughts turn to the redemption and salvation provided by Jesus Christ, and our visit three years ago to one of the most beautiful churches in Italy, the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna.
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Dear Venice, Get Well Soon
Best wishes for a speedy recovery I took this picture of my daughter last June as she and I returned to Venice from a day trip to Bologna. In the distance, you can see Venice in the lagoon poised for…
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Time to spare in Bologna, Italy is a good thing
Missing a Renaissance masterpiece isn’t One Saturday last June my daughter and I wandered into the Church of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna, Italy. We were killing time as we waited to meet friends (my daughter’s Italian language tutor,…
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The Jewish Ghetto of Venice: A Walking Tour
Five facts and photos from our brief visit to this less traveled Venetian sight In June, my daughter and I took an afternoon in Venice to see the Jewish Ghetto located in the Cannaregio sestiere, in the north of the…
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Stepping Across a Controversy in Venice
Santiago Calatrava’s infamous bridge made my bucket list
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Venice Doesn’t Need Another Tourist Like Me
There’s a guard at a basilica who wants us to be better.
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Going to the hospital in Venice
H is for Ospedale I’m betting that the question, “Wonder where the hospital is around here?” passes through the minds of most visitors to Venice… at least those visitors who stay on the island and think about where they would…
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When you finally meet your online Italian language tutor
Desperately seeking Clara in Bologna, Italy Last Saturday, my daughter and I ventured out of Venice to Bologna. The purpose of our trip was to meet Clara Ori. Clara teaches online lessons in the Italian language and she and my…
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How far will you go to teach your daughter to lead?
And there I was, simply her mom letting her be brave so she could develop this thing called courage. When it comes to teaching our daughters to lead, how do we do that? How far should we go? Encourage good…
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Dear Venice… We have to talk.
Finally, I’ve found a city I can trust myself with — Ravenna, Italy. I didn’t mean to fall in love. I wasn’t looking for someone new. I had never even heard of Ravenna until I went to Italy. But, Venice,…
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A dull ache for a sharp object
When Mom’s pocket knife gets confiscated When the security employee at the gate asked me to step aside, I remembered. My pocket knife. Oh no, my pocket knife, I thought, realizing I had left it earlier in the little cosmetic…
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Of tenacity and Easter cupcake sprinkles in Ravenna, Italy
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Verona, Italy is the bomb dot com
And other observations my daughter made when she visited on a daytrip from Venice My daughter spent three months living in Venice in 2017 as an intern at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, a small, yet world-renowned modern art museum located…
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Vicenza, Italy: where the art is the city itself
And other observations made on a daytrip from Venice to the City of Palladio
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Padua, Italy: The bluest blue I’ve ever seen
And other observations my daughter made during a quick morning trip to Padua from Venice
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My daughter and the peeping tom of Venice, Italy
It was scary to think how much time and effort this man had put into his actions that night.
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What’s It Like to Live in Venice?
Read Polly Coles’ “The Politics of Washing” to Find Out
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10 More Things You’ll Find in Venice in March: A List Poem
The large and small details of Venice are around every corner.
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Yes, send your daughter to Italy. Alone.
My daughter’s Venice experience was indeed life-changing.
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