Feel the history beneath your feet. – Anonymous You’re standing in the largest medieval square in Europe, host to one of the Continent’s biggest Christmas markets. After Mongols destroyed the city in the 13th century, a new plaza covering 9½ acres was built at the intersection of ancient trade routes with a central market surrounded … More Where are you now?
It takes a lifetime for someone to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her. – Henry Miller Robie and I didn’t want to go back to Santorini. The place held too many memories. Like cruising around the caldera on a catamaran cruise and riding the rugged cliffs in … More Discovering Greece’s forgotten island
A lock, like most people, will open up with patience and a bit of kindness. – Anonymous Crime was said to be nonexistent on the island. Cars were left unlocked, bicycles unchained and homes open. People set packages down on café tables and walked away for hours. They deserted boats and cars for weeks or … More Willie Dare makes a friend
And here’s how it all started. – Glenn Fry during The Eagles’ “Hell Freezes Over” live concert Robie and I were returning to the scene of the crime. Years earlier, we translated our birth certificates into Greek, made an appointment at the U.S. Embassy in Athens and got permission to marry in a foreign country. … More Athens: A new 5,000-year-old city
Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs. – Tesla The signs were all around. Arriving in Liverpool toward the end of summer, Robie and I were happy to be anywhere it wasn’t scorching hot. So, when strangers stopped us in the park or on a street corner to comment on the beautiful day, we could only agree. … More When signs lead down a new road
In the Caribbean the temperature never changes, the sun just goes down. – Kris Marshall It’s that time of year again! With stockings and Christmas ornaments stowed for another year, January is the month we trade visions of sugar plums and dreams for a white Christmas into images of white sand beaches and warm turquoise … More South Caicos: A secret no longer
What is better than to sit at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends. – James Joyce Dublin is a literary town. Bookstores, libraries, literary museums and tour, pubs where famous authors hung out, Dublin has them in spades. The city has contributed four Nobel laureates in literature … More An unlikely story (or what to read, see, eat and drink in Dublin)
Above us, only sky. – Motto of Liverpool John Lennon Airport My Ryanair nightmare wasn’t over. Every day for two weeks leading up to our anniversary trip to Dublin, I opened harassing emails from Ryanair asking, “Don’t you want to get through security faster?” or reminding me how I could save ten percent on an … More I never said it was a brilliant idea
Here are no lying nor vain epitaphs. – Henry David Thoreau I blame a lot of things on my mother. My high arches, baby fine hair, brown eyes and chocoholic tendencies are all traits I inherited from her. Along with her interest in cemeteries. A dedicated amateur genealogist, Mom’s idea of small talk around the … More Look what I found!
Everyone, deep down within, carries a small cemetery of those he has loved. – Romain Rolland Humans have always built monuments to commemorate the dead. Ancient Egyptians mummified the bodies of people and pets before entombing them in pyramids. Prehistoric Britons moved megalithic stones hundreds of miles and encircled them with grave mounds. A Chinese … More Top 10: Cemeteries
Reid & Robie 