In Granada, we visit Alhambra – Red in Arabic. It is a good size town on the hill, built by Arab kings, with several palaces, gardens and a castle. In the afternoon sun the Alhambra citadel [...]
A jewel on a mountain plateau, Ronda is nested above the gorges. It is a town of about 35,000 inhabitants and it is one of the most romantic destinations in Spain. Because to its heights, [...]
So, what should we expect in the summer of 2017 in Spain? It is going to be hot! It is going to be hot! But the Spanish summer heat adds grit and heart to what one sees and experiences. We are [...]
Our trip of a lifetime was to tour the antiquity of Ancient Rome and Magna Graecia in Southern Italy and Sicily. We wanted to capture the trip in time and space through an Ancient Rome Travel [...]
When we arrived to Naples we had a small challenge. Since we elected not to stay at high-end hotels, and only had two small suitcases and back-packs with equipment, after a week in Italy, we [...]
We marveled at the acoustics of the Roman amphitheaters we visited. These large circular-shaped structures had acoustics tuned for very large audiences, sometimes as much as 60,000 - 80,000.
There are many Ancient Greek theaters still standing around the Mediterranean. We visited several of them in Italy. These two thousand year old structures still impress and delight today [...]
Sicily's most famous Greek site is the “Valley of the Temples” in Agrigento. The Valley of the Temples is a misnomer – it is actually a walled-in hilltop of the ancient city of Agrigentum.
From the local railroad stop we are walking through the farm fields and horse pastures... and then we see the temples....
Positano cannot be described in words. It is a tiny gem of houses and many, many steps doting a hill overlooking a small bay on the Amalfi coast.
