Archive for the ‘Travel/Matkat’ Category
Arkkitehtuuria Arizonasta
Posted in Travel/Matkat on May 14, 2012 | 8 Comments »
In Florence
Posted in Travel/Matkat on April 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
An article I wrote to company inside magazine last year. Winter Travel in Europe, My favorite time is Europe is late fall and early spring. The cities are peaceful and beautiful. Last week I visited Florence, Italy. The ratio of the tourists still was two to one, but streets were not packed. There were no [...]
Begging in Lisbon
Posted in People/Ihmiset, Travel/Matkat on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One gets used to walking by the beggers. Too many of them. Too many of us. In Chiado, there was an old woman leaning on the door frame. There always is one somewhere, everywhere; they look like thirteen in a dozen. I walked by with no feelings. An older gentleman with sad eyes sitting on [...]
Halloween In Charleston, S.C.
Posted in Travel/Matkat on October 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
While we travel a lot, we seldom do cross-country driving. Now we had picked up a trove of dishes from cousin Juliette and it was the only way to get them up, driving from Florida to New York. We took our time. None of those “We can do it in 18 hours” bragging trips. We were [...]
My Travel Companions
Posted in Travel/Matkat on June 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
< Here are my travel companions, in life and on the road, nice and cool in Switzerland’s Alpine region. The 3883 meters above sea level ( 3883 meters = 12,739.5 feet ) was truly impressive! There will be be some more pictures and stories to come, once I get all the travel laundry taken care [...]
Double Break
Posted in Travel/Matkat on June 7, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I will be taking a short vacation. How badly do I need it? I started a sabbatical in June! So I’m ready to travel. We are ready to travel! Good friends are coming to house-sit for us. The roses are in full bloom, the beach weather is here! So why are we leaving? Alpine air [...]
Stories from Florence 2/3
Posted in Travel/Matkat on February 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
click! CHIANTI. Have Empathy. The bus is filling up: a family of three from Turkey, three young ladies from Portugal, an elderly couple from California, a Russian woman with purple hair with her husband, a gaggle of ladies from Singapore. There must be 16 of us altogether. The morning fog slowly clears and the sun [...]
Stories from Florence 1/3
Posted in Travel/Matkat on February 13, 2011 | 6 Comments »
BRIDGES. Be kind. In front of Pitti Palace is a souvenir shop. Like hundreds of others throughout the city. My husband is pricing Golden Books. Nine Euros and fifty cents. He puts it back on the rack and starts walking away. Why don’t you get it already, they have been the same price in EVERY [...]
