Granada: Andalusia, Spain
Granada was a surprise. Since I don’t like to read history and Bill doesn’t want me reading ahead about where we are going. I have the tendency to want to do everything I see that looks like a point of…
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Read moreGranada was a surprise. Since I don’t like to read history and Bill doesn’t want me reading ahead about where we are going. I have the tendency to want to do everything I see that looks like a point of…
Continue readingEco-tourism is what brings nearly 200,000 tourists annually to Mindo, usually to decompress after visiting the Galapagos. Eco-tourism is key to the beauty of this town located in the Mindo-Namillo Cloud Forest of Ecuador, a short 2.5 hour bus trip…
Continue readingWalking home to our apartment in Venice, we share a wave through the window with the owner of Baba, our local osteria. Leaving for a day of sightseeing, a cup of my favorite pistachio gelato awaits me despite the early…
Continue readingThanks to President Woodrow Wilson, the National Parks Service in the United States is celebrating its 100 year birthday this year, 2016, although the first National Park to be designated as such was Yellowstone, which was so designated by President…
Continue readingWhen you tell someone you are planning a visit to the San Juan Islands, it’s not uncommon for them to reply. “are you talking about Puerto Rico”? San Juan, Puerto Rico and the San Juan Islands are about as…
Continue readingIt’s a city where anything goes, where everyone feels comfortable. A city of contradictions. It’s a city that’s part Left Bank, part island getaway. A town where tacky sits comfortably with tropical vegetation on the same barstool, Bacchus, blues…
Continue readingSanta Fe attracts over a million visitors each year. The downtown area draws people to the unique Indian and Spanish art, clothing and food that separates Santa Fe from other destinations. People flock to the impressive Cathedral Basilica of Saint…
Continue readingIt is not often that a toilet and a tea ceremony form perfect metaphors for the culture of a country, but so it is in Japan. The toilet falls into the realm of delightful personal discoveries – albeit all of…
Continue readingThis is our final day on the Dominican Republic and our final Impact Activity: Reforestation. Nineteen of us gathered on the bus. Many of us were sore from previous day’s activities, but here we were, ready to tackle another project….
Continue readingImagine if your home had dirt floors. When it rained , you had mud. Disease was your enemy. Keeping your children healthy was your primary concern. Fathom Impact joins with local cooperatives to place cement floors into homes which…
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