The A Day in Pompeii exhibit stimulated many personal reflections. Even through the recent post, the wide variety of comments from readers added to my experience. Although all of us recall our early thoughts of Pompeii during are elementary school years, some readers shared their experience of visiting the historic city. For us, the year [...]
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On Pompeii: The Visit
Posted in Travel, tagged A Dy in Pompeii, Italy, Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Naples Italy, Pompeii, Pompeii Italy, Travel, Vesuvius on March 28, 2012 | 38 Comments »
On Pompeii: The Exhibit
Posted in Travel, tagged A Day in Pompeii Exhibit, Cincinnati Museum Center, Mt. Vesuvius, Museum Exhibit., Pompeii, Pompeii Italy on March 26, 2012 | 65 Comments »
We recently attended the travelling exhibit A Day in Pompeii. Cookware, jewelry, armor, frescos, utensils, statues, mosaics, religious figurines, and more told visitors about life in this modern city of over 20,000. Our short visit to Pompeii (2007) helped us appreciate the exhibit even more. And to think that Pompeii was covered for 17 centuries! [...]
On a Wave
Posted in Travel, tagged Arizona National Parks, Arizona Parks, Coyote Buttes, Geology, Hiking, National Parks, Navajo Sandstone, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs WIlderness Area, Photography, Red Rocks, Sandstone, Travel, Waves on March 6, 2012 | 80 Comments »
To beach vacationers, the rhythmic the sound of the waves coming to shore provides peace and relaxation. To water skiers, waves are the peaks and troughs created by the boat pulling them along the aquatic surface … yet the surfer eagerly awaits the ultimate ride. To physicists, waves are disturbances transferring energy; then again, different [...]
On Cruising the Southern Caribbean
Posted in Travel, tagged Aruba, Carribean Cruise, Cruise, Curracao, Iguana, Nevis, San Juan, Serenade of the Seas, St Kitts, St Thomas on November 14, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Nothing serious today … just a few images of our recent cruise. After all, they have been requested. From a Fort at San Juan Point (El Morro) Looking Back I could avoided taking this picture of a store near the port Our Ship: Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas St. Thomas from the Ship From [...]
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