Travel Log
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”
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 [...]
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 [...]
Granada – A Culture Bomb
When you arrive in Granada at the bus station, it is like so many other European cities in that it slowly builds from the countryside. More apartments and business and traffic circles on the outskirts, landscaped medians as you get deeper into the city. But the bus station isn’t at [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
