Excellent adventures in travel
Before beginning the saga of our Friday adventures, a few words about where we are. The Dolomites are a southern extension of the alps located in northeastern Italy, lying between Austria on the north and east, and the relatively flat Veneto plain on the south. The area is dominated by fifteen massifs of 9,000-10,000 feet, … Read more
In mid-September, 2025, we embarked on a three-week visit to three very different regions of Italy: South Tyrol in the Dolomites; the Ligurian coast, on Italy’s northwestern coast; and Umbria, in central Italy, northeast of Rome. We took the nonstop flight to Munich, leaving Denver at 8:20pm and arriving in Munich on Wednesday ~ 2pm. … Read more
In November, I spent 2 weeks visiting friends in Cairo. Just before I arrived, the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) opened the majority of its galleries as part of a “limited access” program “to test site readiness.” This museum has been a loooong time coming. Conceived as a Hosni Mubarak vanity project back in 2002, … Read more
Here’s how Zebra’s Crossing describes itself: Enjoy the peaceful surroundings and plan your own adventures while being nestled between the sloping hills of the Waterberg with mesmerizing streams and rock pools. Zebras Crossing is the ideal getaway for groups and pairs that want to comfortably or adventurously indulge themselves in nature, without the worry of … Read more
Wednesday dawned cold and very windy. We wore hats and gloves and wrapped up in Mashatu blankets on the morning drive. Talc-like dust stung the eyes and coated everything, as you can see from the binocs on my blanket-covered lap. Animals were mostly hunkered down in shrubs or under cover to escape the wind. We … Read more