Italy Pompeii http://pompeiisites.org/en/ In 2021 I visited Pompeii for the first time and I’m still in awe. I was staying in Sorrento and took the Circumvesuviana train from Sorrento to Pompeii. From what I could see of the schedule for the Circumvesuviana train, not every train stops in Pompeii so make sure you’re getting on […]
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Cathedrals and Abbeys
Prologue I dedicate this article to my mother, Shirley Marguerite McNeil Wright, 1920 to 2009, who lived by the principle of leaving the world a better place. She was a staunch Methodist but loved going to the St. Cecilia Cathedral flower show (Omaha, NE). I went this past January 2017 for the first time since […]
Read MoreMuseums, monuments and interesting sights
The first few museums I’m writing about are some of my favorites in Florence and Fiesole. While entire books have been written about these Renaissance icons, I hope to show them in a slightly different light with both my photos and my personal observations. 2022 update: After seeing several new sights in the fall of 2021, […]
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