We just got back yesterday from two weeks in England – 9 days in Oxford where Kristi was teachingand five days in Wales. We’d not been to Wales and it was simply glorious. Most of our travel is to Italy and for Adventures In Italy. We go with a different outlook and mindset, since [...]
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Reflections on Slow Travel
Posted in Culture, Living Slow on August 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Christ Church Arches
Posted in Culture on August 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Christ Church is known by some for its dining hall used in the filming of the Harry Potter movies. Here I have taken pictures of the variety of arches on the church and one from one of the other buildings of the college. I love the unusual shape of the following arch and the following [...]
Oxford Arches – more
Posted in Culture on August 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My favorite college at Oxford is Edmund Hall. It is beautiful, but it also is mostly open to the public for no fee, which is unusual. I like that. This year, however, they are doing work inside with scaffolding so is closed. I managed to get a few pictures from the outside, which will give [...]
Iffley’s St. Mary Church – Arches
Posted in Culture on July 27, 2011 | 6 Comments »
This is a seriously nice church. It’s in part of Oxford called old Iffley. It sits above the River Thames and is part of a medieval village still set off from the rest of the city. The village has a couple of beautifully thatched roof buildings, a small grocery store, and a pub where I [...]
Oxford Architecture
Posted in Culture on July 26, 2011 | 66 Comments »
We’re back in England. This is the 5th year Kristi has taught here in Oxford at the Oxford Summer School. Lucky me gets to travel along. If you like architecture, shapes, patterns, this is a fabulous city. Since I love all those things, I am endlessly entertained just by walking around and looking. I think [...]
Fabric, Beading, Quilting in Orvieto
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Culture, Learning Vacations, Orvieto Italy, Small group travel Italy on October 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Australia’s Lisa Walton led a workshop for us at the end of September producing some beautiful dyed fabrics, beaded scarves and more. At the same time a Discover Orvieto group was out exploring the food, wine, oil and culture of Orvieto. The two trips yielded a raft of memorable experiences and products. Lisa is a [...]
Orvieto, Italy – Creating
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Art instruction, Culture, Learning Vacations, Orvieto Experiences, Orvieto Italy on September 19, 2010 | 4 Comments »
We have just finished the first of three weeks of workshops in Orvieto. What a wonderful week where Tracie and Marylin Huskamp helped their students take pictures and transform them into works of art. We had a week of fun, sun, food, wine, art, vineyards, cooking, Etruscans and Italians. We also had Discover Orvieto going [...]
Orvieto, Italy’s Corteo Storico Costume Details
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Experiences, Orvieto Italy on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last of the coverage of the Corteo Storico of the Corpus Domini weekend in Orvieto. Here are some of the details of the costumes I was able to get as they passed by. Simply amazing and beautiful the range of skills represented in these costumes. If you ever have the chance to catch this [...]
Orvieto, Italy – Corteo Storico’s Knights
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Experiences, Orvieto Italy on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Of the 400 plus people in the historic procession, a relatively small number were the knights and noblemen. There is a knight for each of the two dominant middle age families, there is a knight representing the guilds, and there are the noblemen representing guilds, city leaders, etc. Most impressive are the costumes of the [...]
Orvieto, Italy’s Corteo Storico Flags
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Experiences, Orvieto Italy on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The flags and banners that are part of Orvieto’s historic procession are simply beautiful. They are bright, colorful and full of the most interesting designs. Anyone looking for a design motif would find dozens of examples in the flags. What follows is a sampling. If you are wanting more background on Corpus Domini and the [...]
