Odyssey 2018 - What do stranded penguins do? March 6th 2018 The weather has been so miserable the past few days that Dee and I have felt a bit like penguins stranded on an ice floe! Although the temperatures have been well above freezing, the incessant showers, rain and gusty winds have discouraged us from venturing more than a few blocks from our apartment.
In fact, with the exception of brief visits to the weekly vegetable market, and nearby grocery s ... read more
Europe » Italy » Campania » Piano di Sorrento Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
βTo move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live.β
β Hans Christian Andersen, "The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography"
"Our lives are not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments and places that take our breath away." β Unknown
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