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December News from Latin America AKA Feel I’ve Lost a Friend

Long Live Arecibo Three months ago I dedicated a post to the world famous radio telescope in Puerto Rico. Touring that site was a highlight of the end of our honeymoon on the Isla del Encanto (Island of Enchantment). The largest telescope I had seen in person, it was truly amazing in its grandeur. The […]

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archeology, Architecture, Indigenous Peoples, The Americas

528 Years of Indigenous Resistance

Some call it Día de la Raza, some Columbus Day, some Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Today marks the date the European Invasion of the Americas began. That October of 1492 until 2020, battles of people, ideas, religions and germs changed life for the tribal peoples and people from Europe forever. Those of us who live in […]

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Architecture, history, Indigenous Peoples

Throwback Thursday: 5 Key Sights at Chichen Itza

Throwback Thursday takes us to the magnificent Chichén Itzá, our destination in 2005 days after our Ruta Puuc tour. (Click name to see the earlier August post.) The site is four square miles, so give yourself a full day to look around. El Castillo – Temple of Kukulkan (Quetzalcoatl) This tremendous monument was built in […]

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archeology, Architecture, history, Spanish Culture and Language, travel

Throwback Thursday: Ruta Puuc in Mexico

Do you miss the surprises of traveling, matching wits against a novel situation? I do. In 2005, we learned a lot on our trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. In Mérida, I was researching articles for a translation. I’ll save that story for another Thursday. When my work was complete, we bought bus tickets for the […]

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Architecture, photography, Spanish Culture and Language, Study Abroad, travel

Throwback Thursday: Day Trip to Segovia

Segovia has a marvel of Roman engineering from the second century! The elegant granite block aqueduct is made without mortar and still standing with a few small repairs. It is 28.5 meters tall, around 94 feet at its highest point. We traveled there our second to last trip together during the 1987 Toledo Program. Our […]

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Architecture, blogging, Spanish Culture and Language, travel

10 Great Websites for Virtual Travel

Armchair travel’s in vogue like never before, you may have heard. Where besides Fluke Pachinko (aka Fake Flamenco) can you find international travel tales and photos? Ten captivating women’s travel blogs I follow are: 1. Now, Here and Somewhere Italian traveler Flavia Vinci takes us around the world and back again through her photos. Wonderful […]

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