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FALCONRY as Experienced on THE ARABIAN GULF

Posted on October 4, 2018 by rosemariecurteman

FALCONRY as Experienced on THE ARABIAN GULF   “The desert nomad clearly flew his falcons because he wanted to hunt and eat; he did not go hunting because he wanted to see his falcons fly.” — Mark Allen     … Continue reading →

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JERUSALEM – 2

Posted on January 12, 2014 by rosemariecurteman

JERUSALEM – 2 Yad Vashem (Israel’s Official Memorial to the Jewish Victims of the Holocaust)      While visiting Jerusalem, my traveling companions (Jane and Philip) and I, along with our guide, Dara, taxied to the foot of Mount Herzl, where … Continue reading →

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JERUSALEM

Posted on November 18, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

JERUSALEM Yerushaláyim (in biblical Hebrew) Al-Quds (in Arabic) “The world has ten measures of beauty, and nine of these belong to Jerusalem.”                                                        -Jerusalem adage      When friends ask why I keep returning to Jerusalem (I’ve been there four times), … Continue reading →

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Andalusia # 3 Seneca.

Posted on October 2, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

Spain’s LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA “All cruelty springs from weakness.” -Seneca      Before leaving the subject of Andalusia, I can’t resist mentioning Seneca—Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65)—the Córdoban-born Stoic philosopher, orator, essayist, playwright and poet, who some consider to … Continue reading →

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ANDALUSIA

Posted on August 15, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

Andalucía  “It is no exaggeration to say that what we presumptuously call ‘Western’ culture is owed in large measure to the Andalusian enlightenment.” -Christopher Hitchens, The Nation      When my friends Tom and Barbara first shared with me the riveting … Continue reading →

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Brussels’ FLEA MARKETS

Posted on June 25, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

  . . .pleasant was it then to stray down the peaceful alleys, and hear the bells of St. Jean Baptiste peal out with their sweet, soft, exalted sound. —Charlotte Brontë  (Vilette,1853)       Brussels, founded in A.D. 979, is not … Continue reading →

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Women Traveling Solo: Pros & Cons plus Tips.

Posted on June 5, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

“One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.”  —Edith Wharton        People often ask me what it’s like to do all the traveling that I do alone.  The truth … Continue reading →

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Oxford, England

Posted on April 15, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

 “Oxford is on the whole more attractive than Cambridge . . . and the traveler is therefore recommended to visit Cambridge first or to omit it altogether if he cannot visit both.”—Baedeker’s Great Britain (1887) An aspect of travel that … Continue reading →

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LA FOCE: A Tuscan Shangri-la.

Posted on March 5, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

     In my first book, My Renaissance:  A Widow’s Healing Pilgrimage to Tuscany, I discuss how after my husband’s death in the mid 1990s, I decided to go back to school to study art history, a part of my education … Continue reading →

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FLORENCE REVISITED!

Posted on February 26, 2013 by rosemariecurteman

“The present glory of Florence is its past.” –A common expression in Florence       After spending an enriching interlude in central and southern Tuscany (mainly Capalbio and La Foce), I returned to Florence to savor its past and present glories … Continue reading →

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