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Venerdi Santo (Good Friday) in Lucca, then Pasqua in Firenze at the Duomo, where we met Larry & Victoria after the fireworks and worship. Then we stayed with them in Cortona, under the Tuscan sun, of course.  Wow! What a beautiful place.  More Photos

Highs & lows in the city of light.  We had two days while Jake was on school holiday.  Great city, of course, but we toured Le Musee de l’Armee, WWI & II wings, so it was more war. Closed our visit with a moment at the deportation memorial, at the tip of the isle de…

History field trip. Such chaos and so many lives lost on those beaches and fields. So many battlements, armaments and plans; their end was destruction. In the struggle to reorder events, the only order now visible is in the neat lines, columns and diagonals of the cemetaries.  [Photos]

 What a great week of time & travel together! We just left London, Ryan, Natalie & Jillian by Airbus, and Bruce, Linda & Jake by train.  I was so sad to say goodbye. We did a lot of walking & sightseeing & saw a show (or two!)–one was wicked! the other one was simply bad. More…

Natalie & Ryan arrived!  Just look at their “I’m-so-happy-to-be-off-the-planes-and-now-I’m-excited-to-get-on-another-bus-and-go-to-the-castle!” looks on their faces!  Meanwhile Jillian (the one who’s awake in the photo) and I  were more than willing to play tour guides, and we immediately set out to climb Castlemount with them and show them the sights in the capital city (after we injected some…

Swilken Bridge, R&A, natural beauty What a blessing to have Jillian with us! We went for a twilight walk this afternoon.  

carry a torch for me Dateline: St Andrews Day, St Andrews. (November 30, for you Yanks, is the day of Scotland’s patron saint. You know, the reason the flag bears the diagonal cross–that’s Andrew’s grim symbol of faith). It was really cold this year, but dry. The town holds a festival of sorts in market…