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• Sicily 11: Mt. Etna [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  Taking our leave of Catania, we drove up winding roads to Mt. Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano. The mountain dominates the whole of eastern Sicily. Stoppin... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 10: Catania [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  From Syracuse we headed north to Catania, situated between the slopes of Mt. Etna and the Ionian Sea. [REMINDER: If you scroll back to the Sicily 1 post, you... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 9: Ragusa & Syracuse (Siracusa) [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  We continued on to visit the Baroque town of Ragusa, yet another UNESCO World Heritage site. As we drew near, the view was not particularly attractive. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 8: Caltagirone [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  Next in our itinerary was the hill top town, Caltagirone, another UNESCO World heritage site. Caltagirone is the center for ceramic tile manufacturing in Sicily. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 7: Enna and Villa Casale (Piazza Armerina) [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  Our next destination was Enna, a mountain town that is the highest [3,054 ft] provincial capital in Italy. The town’s exceptional location affords wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 6: Agrigento [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  We departed Selinunte and traveled southeast along the Mediterranean coast to Agrigento (founded in 580 BC). Here, too, in the Valley of Temples, there are the... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 5: Erice & Selinunte [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  After leaving Segesta, we took a short ‘hop’ to the mountaintop town of Erice, where there was an awesome view down to the Gulf of Bonagia. I remember it was... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 4: Segesta [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  On our 4th day, we departed Palermo by bus and headed west to Trapani, on the Mediterranean Sea. That night, I managed to get a few decent shots of the sunset... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 3: Cefalù [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  Another excursion was to the medieval coastal town Cefalù, with its landmark 12th century cathedral. As we approached the coast, we could see the town in the... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 2: Palermo 2 [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  Using Palermo as our home base, we made several bus excursions to surrounding sites of interest. Just a few miles outside Palermo was the Monreale Cathedral,... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sicily 1: Palermo 1 [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  Having had a wonderful experience in 2005 on a Greece tour with Studiosis, we decided to join them for a trip to Sicily in 2006. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Greece Skies 2005: Santorini 2 [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  We remained on Santorini for three days, during which time we got to do a little exploring. In addition to the vast array of colorful private houses, there... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Greece Skies 2005: Santorini 1 [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  From Naxos we took a ferry through the Aegean Sea to the volcanic island of Santorini. Perched high atop cliffs surrounding an underwater caldera [a giant crate... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Greece Skies 2005: Naxos [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  I finally get to actually begin posting photos from our trip to Greece in 2005. Two firsts here: these images were shot with my first digital camera, a... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Greece Skies: 1966 [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  In my last posting three weeks ago, I indicated that I would resume with shots from a tour we took to Greece in 2005. Actually, our first trip there dates back... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sky Watch Friday: Aruba Skies

  

  In my last posting three weeks ago, I indicated that I would resume with shots from a trip we took to Greece in 2005. After returning from vacationing in... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Prague 6: Some Culture [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  This posting will complete our tour of wonderful Prague. I must apologize to SWF for not showing any sky today; but, since it is #6 in the series, I am taking... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Prague 5: Along the Vltava [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  We continued on our free time by strolling along the Vltava. This gave us an opportunity to see Prague from a different perspective. For example, we had been... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Prague 4: Old Jewish Quarter [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  Following a lively morning presentation on Czech music, we proceeded to the old Jewish quarter. The history of the Jews in Prague is too complex to describe. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Prague 3: Prague Castle Area [Sky Watch Friday]

  

  In addition to the magnificent St. Vitus’s Cathedral, there were other sites of interest around the Castle. We made our way to nearby gardens from which we coul... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE