Transformational Travel
Transformational Travel, otherwise known as: My Hero Journey While Traveling in Italy and How I Found My Way Home.
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Exploring Our Connection to People and Place
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Duomo di Nicosia
The Cathedral in Nicosia, Sicily, built in the 14th Century, is dedicated to St. Nicholas of Bari, which is said to be how the town got it’s name. Yes, this is the same St. Nick associated with gift-giving, but he is also the patron saint of sailors and merchants, which would make sense if he…
Palermo, Capital of Sicily
I only spent one evening in Palermo, the capital of Sicily, despite spending eleven weeks in Covid19 isolation, only thirty minutes away. Palermo has a population of 673,000 – which to some folks may feel small. Certainly small compared to Rome or Florence or Chicago. To me, it was a big city. More traffic and…
The Bumpy Road Home, Part 2
Five airports, four flights, and three days to get from Italy back to Tulsa during Covid19. Here’s a quick snapshot of what that was like.
The Bumpy Road Home
Leaving Italy after four months during Coronovirus proved a bit more challenging than I expected.
Finding Home: Imprints and Italy
Why does one place feel like home and another place, while beautiful or lovely in many ways, does not? To put it simply (very simply), places become imprinted on us when our experiences there are significant and good. Typically, these imprints happen when we are young. When we are discovering our environment in the context…
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