mebtravelling

A decade ago, Chagit and I  used that yahoo address for our students’ email projects.  Not long after 9/11, she somehow managed to bring her kids to Totino-Grace. We’ve kept in touch periodically over the years, traveling together in and around Tuscany at one point. 

Last week we met again, taking Blue Star Ferries’ finest, first to the island of Paros for a few days, then to Naxos. 

Naxos

Paros’ distinctive streets (ok, and terrific shops) did not disappoint. The island of Naxos was an adventure: heat, dodgy driver, and an archeological museum which did disappoint.

I mean, if I see one more Cycladic figure…

Cycladic figures, Naxos

Naturally, there were SAVING GRACES: 

Tempting. (Naxos)

 Dinner Music, Paros.

Very grateful for this week with a great old (young!) friend.

A decade ago, Chagit and I  used that yahoo address for our students’ email projects.  Not long after 9/11, she somehow managed to bring her kids to Totino-Grace. We’ve kept in touch periodically over the years, traveling together in and around Tuscany at one point. 

Last week we met again, taking Blue Star Ferries’ finest, first to the island of Paros for a few days, then to Naxos. 

Naxos

Paros’ distinctive streets (ok, and terrific shops) did not disappoint. The island of Naxos was an adventure: heat, dodgy driver, and an archeological museum which did disappoint.

I mean, if I see one more Cycladic figure…

Cycladic figures, Naxos

Naturally, there were SAVING GRACES: 

Tempting. (Naxos)

 Dinner Music, Paros.

Very grateful for this week with a great old (young!) friend.

Kouraabiedes, kataifi, galaktoboureko, karydopita, melomakarona, etc, etc, (spelling often a guess here)
Oh, and baklava,
Jeanne and I have tried…[quite] a few!

EVERYONE was in the square today…

Great getting to know, in the flesh,  my video-chat tutee. Sawsan — isn’t she wonderful? 

“Consciously or not, what we travelers are seeking nearly every time we board a plane is the feeling of foreignness. We travel for the thrilling (and sometimes uncomfortable) disorientation of losing ourselves in a new culture where things look, taste, and sound different, and to understand ourselves freed from all of our familiar constructs.”
— Pilar Guzman, Jan-Feb ’18 Traveler Magazine

This might be another reason we travel:

And so is this – somehow,  I’ve hung on to this card from a little restaurant a gentle walk from the Acropolis: To Kati Anno. Sideways or not, it could be fun to revisit it, looking at things from a different angle.

MUCH and many to  MISS in Minnesota, it’s true…

BUT IT’S TIME TO GET CRACKING!(I mean, of course, packing).