The first stop on my spur-of-the-moment trip last month was Malta. If you look up the phrase “sun drenched” in the dictionary, you will find a picture of the limestone fortifications along the shores, or of the fields of tomatoes… Read More ›
Mediterranean Sea
Along the French Riviera
Villefranche-sur-mer is a small town on the French Mediterranean coast, situated very close to the Italian border and considered a suburb of Nice. Over the centuries, it was part of the Greek and Roman empires, occupied by the Ottoman Turks,… Read More ›
The Wild Camargue in Mediterranean France
The Camargue is the ‘wild west’ of France, located on the vast Rhone River delta is in the south central part of France, nestled against the Mediterranean Sea, and is the home of the largest nature reserve in the country…. Read More ›
Two Saint Marys, Sarah, and the Deep Blue Sea
On a week-long trip to southern France a few years ago, we ended up in the city “Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer“, that is, Saint Marys of the Sea. The legend is that two Marys – the sister of the Virgin Mary (inexplicably… Read More ›
Greece, Garbage, and General Strikes
Beautiful, inspiring, and a bit sad. On my vacation last fall, a two-week trip around the Mediterranean with a couple dozen of my favorite people, I really looked forward to the stop in Athens. As a school girl, I devoured… Read More ›
Two Different Girls 