For many years, I was one of the best students in my class. I knew everything about everything, I had the best answers to my teachers’ questions, I felt like the “star of the show”. Well, there were two exceptions: history and geography. I couldn’t see how knowing...
Corfu was the first Greek island I’ve visited, long before I had the chance to splurge on sun and fun on the beautiful beaches of Chania, Crete. This was happening in the summer of 2002. I returned in September 2018, I spent some time on two lovely Corfu beaches, and...
It’s funny how history relates to travel. Year after year, vacation after vacation, so many of us travel to see historic sites and get excited in front of stones, statues, ancient buildings or battlefields that changed the course of history. I loved Ephesus, I was so...
Pera is one of the quiet villages in Algarve, Portugal, where time unfolds at a slower pace, allowing you to enjoy life, relax, and forget about the mundane. Pera was my home for a few months. That turned out to be one of the most amazing winters I’ve ever...
