It’s 6:30 Arabia Standard Time (AST) and the sun has just set. Sayed, my seat mate, has dozed off after a stressful business week in...

The Acropolis. It’s always there. Looking down on the city as if from Mt. Olympus. The crown jewel. We’d saved it for the last day. But...

We had an agenda, and knew the way, but happened upon a park. And being sunny as it was, were in no hurry, and lingered. After a while we...

I can’t speak for Pa, but I knew it would be this way. A year ago, two years ago, when I was dreaming, thinking, beginning to plan, even...

And when we woke, we were grateful we’d stayed, if for no other reason than the sunrise, and the monolith rising up from the still...

Quite unexpectedly, we ended the day at the Pramataris in Monemvasia. It’s not that we hadn’t hope to visit the tiny town on the sea. ...

I’ve long wanted to visit the Peloponnesus and now have the opportunity. Pa, student of history that he is, shares my enthusiasm. Homer...

I have seven grandchildren, each loved for who they are and how they see their world. Oliver, just turned 3, loves all things that move,...

Upon landing we could feel it. Though there were trucks and cars before us, and modern buildings beyond, this was the Land of Homer, the...

Captain’s Log: Stardate 2023.02.12.9:55. Second day aboard the MV Grimaldi. The City of Brindisi. A little rough around the edges,...

As promised, we set aside the morning for a visit to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. It would be an easy walk, twenty minutes on a...

Giuseppe stopped by to see how we were doing. A very nice surprise. We talked about his business and plans for the future. “This is a...

We weren’t too keen on Taranto that first night, for reasons previously shared. But in the morning we thought we’d better give it a...

Several weeks ago Pa and I decided to take the ferry to Patras, rather than the longer journey around northern Italy to Greece. There...

We left early, having packed an orange, apple and croissant for the road. Coffee would have to wait. Our general intent was to wander...

I’d be remiss if I didn’t share an incident, perhaps chain of events is more apt, from our stay in Gangi. It was Sunday and breakfast was...

We wanted to get out into the countryside. As wonderful as Palermo is, and Florence, Barcelona, and Lisbon, there comes a time when the...

A light breeze off the nearby sea made its way to our room, so we ate quickly, hoping to make it to the Cathedral before the rush. Out...

We didn’t know what to expect of Palermo, its name familiar, but little else. Some fly into the Falcone Borsellino Airport, rent a car,...

Pa wanted to visit Sicily. The parents of a boyhood friend had immigrated from there. He loved listening to their Italian, and eating...