Category: Travel
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Rose Island
The Newport boat show is underway so there’s no sense in trying to hang out in Newport for the next few days. Instead, we took the water taxi from Jamestown to Rose Island to check out the lighthouse and the island. It’s a flat island between Jamestown and Newport and directly below the Newport Bridge.…
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Iceland’s Pen
Iceland Has The Most Writers Per Capita. They also have a well-known writers retreat though you don’t really need a retreat or any other excuse to visit Iceland. It’s a cool place.
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Lisbon Rental
I used Airbnb to find an apartment for a 19-day stay in Lisbon. But after one look at it, I left. Even knowing I was going to lose all the money I put down, I left. The place was inaccessible except on foot. I had a car. There was no place to park. The location was on…
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A Bit More Lit Tour
“The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul–BOOKS.” Outside Emily Dickinson’s house in Amherst, Mass. Traveling through N.E., we stopped and spent the night across the street from the Dickinson home at the Amherst Inn. The problem with visiting these famous N.E. literary sites is the houses are rarely open. Blame the…
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Back on the N.E. Literary Tour
Concord, Massachusetts is the jackpot when it comes to literary and historical figures. There’s Emerson, Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, and of course, Thoreau. Less well-known persons include Harriett Lothrop (aka, Margaret Sidney), Sarah B. Ripley, and the painter, Sophia Hawthrone. Stopping at some of the homes of these famous writers and founders of the transcendentalist movement might cause…
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Portugal’s Secret Maps
Any discussion among Portuguese nationals always ends–and sometimes begins–in the 15th century. That is, back when Portugal ruled the seas with their caravals and their secret nautical data and charts. Back when such data and charts were as good as gold because they would lead you to the gold.