October 15 – 22 Central Tuscany, Italy See this face? It’s belongs to a young John the Baptist. It was carved in the 13th century by a member of the Sienese school, and it is on display in Volterra’s Pinacoteca e Museo Civico. See this face? It looks familiar, right? However, it has nothing to do… Continue reading She Did NOT Just Do That: Val D’Orcia, Italy
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Worldschool Fall Semester 2012: Urban Planning
September 2 – 3 Pompei, Herculaneum & Mount Vesuvius, Italy Lots of folks want to know how we educate our kids while remaining location-independent. It’s a fair enough question in its own right, although, for the moment, it really only pertains to Oliver, seeing as how he is the only member currently in our company… Continue reading Worldschool Fall Semester 2012: Urban Planning
Our First Miracle
October 1 – 10 Florence, Italy At this point in our travels, we have found our way to Florence, the central city of the province of Tuscany and the heart and soul of the Italian Renaissance. We have retraced our steps here again, nearly five years and eleven months following the birth of our first… Continue reading Our First Miracle
Going Underground in Naples
Naples, Italy August 29 – 31 The sun had rolled slightly away from its zenith at three in the afternoon when we pulled into the gnarled streets surrounding Naples’ central storico (historic district). Despite this, it’s cruel heat still radiated over the ancient paving stones at Plebecito Square, and scarcely a soul ventured outside while… Continue reading Going Underground in Naples
Molto Piccolo
Rome, Italy August 23 – 29 At 4:45pm, we have exactly fifteen more minutes before we are ejected from the Galleria Borghese. Fifteen more minutes is all the time my family has to run up the stairs to the second floor, past four or five Carravagios, a couple of Titians, and two of Raphael’s more… Continue reading Molto Piccolo
Chasing Waterfalls
Iceland: August 1-22 Aside from foraging for wild blueberries in the heath, one of our favorite pass times while touring in Iceland has been “collecting” waterfalls. Few natural phenomena are more emblematic of the county than these examples of cascading water, and many of them are well marked alongside the tourist-trampled Ring Road. Gullfoss (golden… Continue reading Chasing Waterfalls
Wild Westfjords
August 6-10, Westfjords, Iceland The two young Parisians sharing a farmhouse with us at the base of the Vatnsnes Peninsula were trying to conceal their amazement/horror as I single-handedly attempted to scrounge up a passable meal for our two kids. It was 11pm and the sun had finally slipped into the Arctic Sea beyond the… Continue reading Wild Westfjords
Sunglasses at Night
Reykjavik, Iceland August 1-5 At 1am on August 2nd, Reykjavik welcomed us with a blast of salt air and a lingering sunset. The Midnight Sun had only just given over to a few hours of cerulean semi-darkness prior to our arrival, and to say our small squadron was due to experience some form of “temporal… Continue reading Sunglasses at Night