Excursions to Ports of the World and News for Cruise Travelers

Shakespeare the Travel Writer Part II: Venice and the Merchant

October 14, 2015
In the Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare was a social critic and travel writer.  The location is certain.  The play is set in the present, the 16th century.  It was written and performed in the...
Synagogue in Ghetto Vecchio
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Genoa: 800 Years of History – No Crowds

July 29, 2015
Just a few bends further in the road north, or two more train stops from the popular Ligurian coast cities of Portofino and San Margarita, is the historic power-port city of Genoa.  Often by-passed by...
today's Harbor
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Look Who Is Buried in the Pantheon

June 3, 2015
The Pantheon is literally the place of everything divine.  The large cement dome and massive entry columns are recognizable, even to those who have never been to Rome.  The monument sits out of proportion to...
Bernini sculpture in the Vatican using bronze from the Pantheon
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As the Pope Invites Visitors to View the Sindone (Shroud); Turin Tempts Visitors to Stay for Much More

May 27, 2015
The Shroud of Turin is either a relic of Jesus, created from his burial shroud at the electro-magnifying moment that he rose, or it is a 12th or 13th century fiction.  Scientists agree that this...
Shroud, now laid out under bulletproof glass
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