“COVID and the Anti-Vaxxers”
13:23 11/12/2023
“COVID and the Anti-Vaxxers”   JK, it’s a 13th-century image of hell from the Florence Baptistery. Europe has suffered through many plagues...
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Picasso’s “Guernica”  
13:23 11/12/2023
Watching the recent events in Afghanistan unfold in the headlines, I’ve been thinking about how important it is to humanize far-away tragic...
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Comrades No More: Thoughts on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
23:14 25/02/2022
  Today is a profoundly sad day. Russia’s aggressive action is heartbreaking for the death, suffering, and economic turmoil it will cause in...
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Taking it Easy on the Tour du Mont Blanc
11:18 15/11/2021
While the Tour du Mont Blanc is demanding, it’s not a particularly difficult hike. It’s just long, with lots of altitude gain and loss, and...
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The Tour du Mont Blanc: Some Tips I Learned Along the Way
11:18 15/11/2021
  At 66, I felt a bit like the father of the hiking community when I hiked around Mont Blanc earlier this fall. But the Tour du Mont Blanc is doable...
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The Mont Blanc Esprit de Corps
17:44 12/11/2021
  Hiking Europe’s Tour du Mont Blanc was a totally different slice of European culture for me: Coming upon a remote farmhouse-turned-thriving-cafe...
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The Best Hike of my Life: The Tour du Mont Blanc
11:39 10/11/2021
Earlier this fall, four of us — total novices at long-distance treks — hiked around Europe’s highest mountain. (On the first day, big birds of prey...
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The Book of Kells — Christ Enthroned
14:55 16/10/2021
For me, one of the great joys of travel is having in-person encounters with great art — which I’ve collected in a book called Europe’s Top 100...
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Siena: Italy’s Medieval Soul
3:40 06/09/2021
I believe a regular dose of travel dreaming can be good for the soul. Stow away with me to Siena, Italy, in this excerpt from my book For the Love of...
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Picasso’s “Guernica”  
7:13 29/08/2021
Watching the recent events in Afghanistan unfold in the headlines, I’ve been thinking about how important it is to humanize far-away tragic...
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