Towers and white wine MEDIEVAL HILL TOWNS IN ITALY were built for securtity. They endure for romance. San Gimignano, about 30 miles south of Florence and 35 miles north of Sienna, is one of a the best loved and most visited. Trademark towers signal your arrival. Vernaccia grapes and resulting wine entice you to stay…
Month: September 2012
SPAIN / SEVILLE
Postcards from the Royal Palace in Seville, Spain On a warm summer afternoon my daughters and I threaded our way through the cool array of courtyards, elaborately tiled chambers and sculpted gardens of the Alcázar, the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe. When members of Spain’s royal family take a spin to Seville for a visit,…
PERU / MACHU PICCHU
Postcards from Machu Picchu, Peru EVEN VISITORS WITH DEPTHS OF SCHOLARLY KNOWLEDGE of Machu Picchu stand in wonder when they enter the historic sanctuary. “How?” each asks silently and aloud. How did the Inkas, centuries ago, plan and build this city on a mountaintop in a tropical forest? Explore the terraced levels and you only marvel…
UNITED KINGDOM / GIBRALTAR
That was Spain. This is Gibraltar. DRIVE ACROSS THE BORDER FROM SPAIN TO GIBRALTAR and in a matter of minutes you’re at the foot of the world’s most famous rock. Up close, it takes a minute or two to visually scale and take in its sheer height and mass. And you are far from Spain. After…
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