A Magical Night in the Sahara DesertI can honestly say that our night in the Sahara desert and our hour and a half-long camel trek there through the salmon-colored dunes was...
Fez and the Atlas MountainsIf we thought that Marrakech was a rabbit warren of alleys through the souk, or market, it was nothing compared to Fez! The second large...
Morocco: Land of Contrasts Our trip to Morocco was the fortunate brainstorm of two of our children who wanted to go on a family trip with us. We pondered several d...
One Week in Magnificent SydneyAustralia had been on our bucket list for a long time and when our nephew who lives in Sydney announced his wedding date, it was a done d...
Obtaining a Second Passport; Our Journey to Dual Citizenship I’m an unapologetic francophile. I knew from the moment I could choose a foreign language in school that it would be French. I majored ...
Mt. Vesuvius and HerculaneumWe knew we wanted to visit either Pompeii or Herculaneum while we were in Naples, but which one? In the end we chose Herculaneum (Ercola...
The Art Metro Stations of Naples, ItalyNaples has a small but efficient metro system consisting mainly of two lines, 1 and 6 (the yellow and light blue lines, below). In 2006 t...
Mangia! The Pizza, Pastries, Fruit and Fish of NaplesMangia! This command conjures up the image of the quintessential Italian grandmother at Sunday dinner. Italy is renowned for its food a...
Three Days in Naples, the Soul of ItalyAre you planning a trip to Italy? Not surprisingly, most people dream of Rome, Florence, Venice and the Tuscan hills and indeed, they're...
One Day in Sorrento, the Lemon-Yellow ParadiseNaples is a great jumping-off point for a number of day trips. I wanted to go to the Amalfi Coast and Paul wanted to explore Naples a bi...
The Miracle of Abu SimbelJust 25 miles north of the Sudanese border, the two temples originally built into the sandstone cliffs of Abu Simbel are not only a tribu...
Valley of the Kings and the Magnificent Tombs of the PharaohsThe ancient Egyptians buried their dead on the west bank of the Nile where the sun "dies". Nowhere is this more evident than at the Vall...