A Fortune of Flowers and Flags in Bucchianico, Italy
Sometimes premier local events are not in your guide book. Luckily, we took the advice of our agriturismo host
and scuttled up the mountain to take in Bucchianicos annual Flower Festival.
Spring into…Change!
Spring signals change, and our brains respond in fashion. For learners of all ages
this can be a very exciting time of year!
Opera in a Chilled-Out World
In our ultra-sensitized, politically-corrected world, opera characters’ lives seem to be trainwrecks waiting to happen. Is that why we love them? Is their story our repressed one?
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canadian winter?
Cold snowy winters in Canada have their own pleasures – like cosying up to a fire with your knitting in hand – but
are those kind of days & pastimes becoming shortchanged with our changing climate?
Walking Past Monasteries and Marianne Right into Rebetiko
In true bohemian fashion, our visit to the island of Hydra, southeast of Athens, located great walking trails, Leonard
Cohen’s legendary Greek home, and the once outlawed Rebetiko music.