In brief: The sacred and the secular have always lived side by side in Salamanca. This post honors the first, the grand churches and monastic centers. Our other post wanders along the secular side (university,…
In brief: As a fine exhibit here showed, Banksy keeps meeting walls he likes, on which he likes to critique what he doesn’t like about our world. Self-portrait, Banksy He kept meeting walls he liked.…
In brief: Not everyone “gets” the abstract art Kandinsky pioneered. Yet attention to the span of his paintings proved engaging, especially while circling Wright's solid spiral. We took time out from family get-togethers in NYC…
In brief: We found lots of local charm in May, inside a spectacular venue and outside at our favorite park. Outside at Monsanto A warm morning, a brilliant sky, and abundant wildflowers kissed by bees…
In brief: A local pro tennis tournament proved especially fun as an antidote to all the covid limitations. We returned to Lisbon just in time to attend eight hours of a professional tennis tournament on…
In brief: In the midst of salt flats and arid desert, palmy oases around Tozeur have long sustained intriguing towns. You travel for hours through Saharan desert or drive very straight along an endless causeway…
In brief: A millennium ago, Berbers built storage bins for grain or added protected caverns to mountain tops, spaces that villagers have used for homes ever since. We were not surprised to discover that the…
In brief: Tunisia harbors a treasure of antique mosaics, displayed in its museums and in situ at resurrected villas. Here’s a lush sample. The artist conceives a design to fit the interests of a patron…
In brief: Djerba Island packs quite an exciting history and an engaging present within its shores. In classical legend, Djerba Island – just a few kilometers off the Tunisian coast - was the home of…
In brief: Djerbahood is an open air art gallery in a small town on Djerba Island. Now after eight years artists still come here to paint the walls of the town. Just enjoy, as we…