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Tag Archives: travel
Leaving Is Dying—A Little
The weather has been horrible, which is just as well. It lessens my sadness at leaving my dream cottage in Maine. Just a few days ago I sat on its deck, savoring the autumn sun and a cup of coffee … Continue reading
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Tagged acadia, acadia national park, brooklyn, brooklyn heights, dogs, family, maine, mount desert island, poodles, travel, viva
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Arles Revisited
Fifty years ago, when my children were eight and ten, they, my mom and I drove from Oxford, England to Rome. We had a week to cover a thousand miles via Europe’s then old, double-lane, tree-lined highways. The trip was … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, arles, art, art museums, cafe de la nuit, church of st trophime, cloisters, cloitre de le saint trophime, europe, european art, france, medieval architecture, medieval art, metropolitan museum of art, new york, new york city, provence, rhone river, road trips, roman architecture, Saint Guilhem-le-Désert, saint trophime, travel, trophimus, van gogh, vincent van gogh, yale art gallery
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A Boutique Wine Blossoms in the Desert
Zvi Remak does not complain about traffic jams, but once in awhile a car stops at Sde Boker’s gift shop to buy the excellent Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot produced on the kibbutz. The wine is clearly Zvi’s baby. Back in … Continue reading
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Tagged ben gurion, desert agriculture, israel, kibbutz, negev, sde boker, travel, wine, winemaking, winery
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A Sentimental Trip to the Holy Land
To celebrate spring and, with some delay, the completion of my Rockefeller opus, husband Ernest and I decided to visit our past: Israel and Paris, both in their various ways engulfed by conflict. It was an emotion-laden trip for my … Continue reading
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Tagged bahai gardens, haifa, hotel cinema, israel, jerusalem, judaism, judeo-christian, kibbutz, mount carmel, near east, sde boker, tel aviv, travel, trips, unesco, vacation, white city, world heritage
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Branching: Thoughts of an Ever-Curious Author 