May 2024 Cultural Debris Excursion Recap

“I wish we’d have hiked into San Fruttuoso instead of taking the ferry in both directions. You had mentioned that you often hike in and then take the ferry out. I wish we had done that.” I was having a conversation with one of the couples that joined our Spring 2024 Cultural Debris Excursion to [...]

By |2024-06-07T11:08:18-04:00June 7th, 2024|Travel|0 Comments

Ronda – Andalusian Clifftop Treasure

Winding through the mountains of Andalusia, passing miles and miles of olive groves, small villages, and peaks, our excitement approaching Ronda grew each minute. Maite in Malaga told us we really ought to consider rearranging our schedule and spending a couple of days in Ronda. She was right about every recommendation thus far, so we [...]

By |2023-08-23T15:14:59-04:00August 23rd, 2023|Travel|0 Comments

Málaga – City of Surprise and Color

I think I am pretty good at geography and culture. I know that Madrid and Barcelona were in the past and in the minds of millions continue to be capitals of different countries. I know that Andalusia is a province in the south of Spain rich in history and culture. I know that James Joyce [...]

By |2023-07-19T16:52:22-04:00July 19th, 2023|Travel|0 Comments

The Cultural Debris Bavaria Excursion

Cultural Debris Excursions are headed to Bavaira the first two weeks in July! Alan Cornett and I are building on the success of our Genoa Excursion from October 2022 and leading intimate small group trips to Salzburg, Austria and Oberammergau, Germany the first and second weeks of July 2023. Each week is limited to six [...]

By |2023-03-23T12:26:17-04:00March 13th, 2023|Travel|1 Comment

Discovering Cultural Debris; Paying Deep Attention to People and Place

We walk into La Medina, the spice shop on Via San Luca in Genoa and I greet Sabri, the owner. “Salaam, sadiqi. It is so good to see you again.” He steps around the counter and hugs me and says, “It is good to see you, as well. This is your shop.” I tell him [...]

By |2023-01-27T16:47:44-05:00January 26th, 2023|Travel|0 Comments

This *Feels* Different

This article appears in the July/August (Vol 25/No 6) edition of Gilbert, the magazine of the Society of GK Chesterton. Please visit the society web site www.chesterton.org and subscribe or become a member! He travels because of his ignorance; it is exactly in that that he shows his intelligence. --GK Chesterton   “Wow. This place [...]

By |2022-08-02T14:14:39-04:00June 16th, 2022|Blog, Travel|0 Comments

Cultural Debris Excursion to Genoa

Friends, Alan Cornett, host of the Cultural Debris Podcast is joining me to host a Cultural Debris Excursion to Genoa in Autumn 2022. This is a small group (6 guests plus the two hosts), highly curated  excursion that will explore the cultural debris of Genoa, Italy. This is a nearly completely missed jewel of Italy [...]

By |2022-06-27T10:57:11-04:00April 21st, 2022|Travel|0 Comments

Nice – Heart of the Riviera; Heart of History

We watched Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, recently. Hitchcock's delightfully light and masterful work set in Nice, France, made me long to return to that stretch of the Cote d'Azure, or French Riviera. What a lovely place to visit. To see the mingling of Roman aqueducts and Roman roads with [...]

By |2021-02-17T14:29:06-05:00February 17th, 2021|Travel|0 Comments

Genoa – A Gem Hiding Out in the Open

  If you’re looking for a special place to take a special get-away, away from crowds of tourists and with few Americans, a lovely coast, mountains and the most enchanting city center, then Genoa is for you. With a culture that is at once Italian and deeply unique, Liguria’s capital, Genoa, is a fantastic [...]

By |2021-02-17T14:41:27-05:00December 2nd, 2019|Travel|0 Comments

On Travel and Its Importance To You

"Someone hauled that wood up here." That was one key point of discussion when our family stood atop the Kofel, a small, but steep granite mountain on the west side of Oberammergau in the Ammergauer Alps of Germany. You don't need to be an experienced mountaineer to get to the top. The [...]

By |2022-06-27T10:59:23-04:00July 27th, 2017|Blog, Travel|0 Comments
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