Kristi and I are just back from a fabulous trip to southern Italy – our first foray south of Rome. I’ll be posting a bit about the couple of amazing places we saw, but I read something this morning that brought to mind travel and how we are when we travel. Here’s what I read [...]
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Being Where We Are
Posted in Living Slow on March 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Reflections on Slow Travel
Posted in Culture, Living Slow on August 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
The Slow in Italy
Posted in Living Slow, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of the beautiful consequences of traveling with us to Orvieto is slowing down. I know, from the e-mails we are exchanging with many of the people signed up for our spring trips in May, that the crazed pace of life continues for most. What is wonderful to observe during the course of the week [...]
Simple Pleasures in Orvieto, Italy
Posted in Living Slow, Orvieto Experiences, Slow travel vacations on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was doing some reading, which I will quote here shortly, that made me think of Orvieto, our trips there, and how it is really the simple pleasures that make it such an enjoyable time. The remarkable thing about Italy, particularly once you get past the stunning history, art and architecture, is that what we [...]
I Miss . . .
Posted in Living Slow, Meaning in Life, Orvieto Italy on June 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We are back home. It is going to take me a few days to process all the pictures I took of the Corteo delle Dame and the Corteo Storico. Wow! It was amazing – the costumes and flags, and pageantry simply beautiful. And we had two perfect days with which to view it all. I [...]
Hurrying Through Life
Posted in Life, Living Slow, Meaning in Life, Orvieto Italy on May 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The following was written in the 19th century by a William Henry Channing. My Symphony To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and [...]
So Simple, So Unusual
Posted in Life, Living Slow, Meaning in Life on July 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
How the simple act of writing a note is unusual, yet meaningful in today’s world.
The Dilemma
Posted in Learning Vacations, Living Slow, Orvieto Experiences, Orvieto Italy on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The dilemma of trying to blog in Italy
Slow Dance
Posted in Living Slow, Meaning in Life, Slow travel vacations on April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A dieing child’s poem inspires an understanding of life’s value.
Anticipation
Posted in Living Slow, Orvieto Experiences, Small group travel Italy on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Steiner with Adventures in Italy explains what he anticipates about returning to Orvieto.
