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Estremoz, January 2025 — Other Worlds

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January 26, 2025 We arrived in a sort of other world, just two hours out of the city. Pousadas are one of our favorite places to stay in Portugal. These repurposed castles, convents and monasteries offer travelers in Europe accommodations and experiences like no other. This one, in Estramoz, dates back to the 13th Century.…

Chania, October 2024 — Addendum

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October 27, 2024 It occurred to me you might not have noticed that the two female figures in the boat at Chania were actually mannequins. It was the strangest sight – so unusual, that I asked a local person about it. Carolina laughed and informed us that the figures are intended to call attention to…

Santorini, October 2024 — Context

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October 16, 2024 During our tour of vineyards in Santorini, we heard a lot about context. Second to tourism, agriculture is the most active industry on the island – producing rare whites and sweet desert varieties. Wines are known to us by their taste, viscosity, color and smell – all shaped by their particular surroundings.…

Pyrgos, October 2024 — On the Scale of Time

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October 15, 2024 Instead of decades or centuries; being here, in Pyrgos, prompts me to look back even further. To consider thousands of years, millennia. It’s almost unfathomable, walking among ruins of the Bronze Age – being a witness to ancient signs of human habitation. Just the thought of Akrotiri demands adjustment to my lens…

Mykonos, October 2024 — Not Just Another Friday

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October 11, 2024 What a week! My mother made it through the latest hurricane in Florida. She hunkered down with her 99 YO sister. No damage to their properties, selves or relationship. Friends in Carmel and Monterey survived record breaking heat and fires. 110 degrees over several days in Central California! Unbelievable. I received awful…