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Norway: Bergen and Bryggen

Our tour guide said that Bergen, a port city on the west coast of Norway, has attracted outsiders for centuries, both as traders and settlers. Then she made the point with her own story: Although our guide was born and raised in Bergen of Norwegian forebears, she said DNA

2023-09-13T09:52:21-04:00September 10th, 2023|My Travel Corner|

Italy: Siena’s eye poppers

UNESCO says that Siena’s historic center “is the embodiment of a medieval city. … The whole city of Siena was devised as a work of art that blends into the surrounding landscape.” I couldn’t have explained it better myself, the reason I found Siena so appealing during a long-ago

2021-04-06T19:29:03-04:00December 31st, 2018|My Travel Corner|
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