by Michele Genthon | Oct 2, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
NAPLES This is Gary entering our hotel. Truly! I wonder what tall people do? And this is the most important historical sign in Naples: ` TRANSLATION: Here one hundred years ago the Pizza Margherita was born. INTERSECTION OF NATURE, GOD AND MAN There...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 2, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
The area of Italy called Campania is in Southern Italy on the Western coast and includes Naples, the enormous bay that spreads out from Naples at its northern tip, and the Amalfi Coast with its winding roads, royal blue water, and towns stuffed into breathtaking...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 20, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
Greece is a country with 1,400 islands, 227 of which are inhabited. We visited two of the largest. RHODES I was standing in a narrow street in the city of Rhodes, my hair as wet as if I had just emerged from the swimming pool at our hotel. As...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 9, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
Parthenon at Night We were told that a couple of days in Athens would be enough—and it is, because there is little beyond the Acropolis with its hovering Parthenon, to intrigue visitors. The Parthenon, however, can fill a significant amount of...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 9, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
During the first two weeks of our Grand Tour, the sunshine has been endless. It has bleached my hair almost white-blonde, which pleases me because, the blonder my hair, the less obvious my gray roots will be as they grow out. This report, however,...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 4, 2013 | MUSINGS, Traveling
“Impression” from our Hotel Room Paris, Style, Art. I wonder if the words are synonyms. As soon as we landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport, the graceful architectural lines of the mega-terminal astounded me. Even the public restrooms had a simple but...
