Posts Tagged With ‘ Karen Gershowitz ’

Shockingly, the sun was out this morning and there wasn’t a drop of rain all day. That was a good thing, because I was scheduled to go on a walking tour of street art in London’s East End. I’m mad about street art and always try to check out the local scene. I met up with the guide near the Whitechapel Art Gallery, just a few blocks from where I attended college in the early 1970s. Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

Surprise, surprise, it was raining in London. The skies went from slate gray to pale gray to steel gray. So, it was time to head to a museum. My favorite one in London is the Victoria & Albert, a museum of design. When I lived here, I visited it frequently and knew the collection well. On arrival I headed towards two of my favorite exhibitions, jewelry, and theater. The museum is enormous… Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

Getting through Heathrow felt like a forced march. It took a full hour to get from the gate to the Heathrow Express train—and that doesn’t include getting through passport control. We did finally make it and in fifteen minutes were at Paddington Station, directly adjacent to our hotel. Our room, of course, wasn’t ready. Sue and I drank caffeine and tried to stay awake. After a sorely needed nap… Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

Today was our final day in Italy before returning home to the States. Our mid-afternoon flight to Milan gave us time to do a little exploration, so we were up and out early. Leaving wasn’t as painful as it might have been because the sky was a leaden gray with no sun predicted. Monreale, a UNESCO world heritage site, is near Palermo and only a little off the route to the airport. On my last trip… Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

This morning the sky was nearly identical to Crayola’s version of sky blue. The temperature was warm, and we had no plans. It became our morning to go swimming. The pool at the Hapimag resort looks out over the sea. The contrast of the turquoise pool, deep blue sea and sky blue seemed like a painting or fantasy, not reality. But it was very real. I know this because when I dipped a toe into the… Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

Our big activity for the day was scheduled for 5 PM. With a full day ahead of us we headed to Termini Imerse, a city within Palermo. Much of it is industrial, but there’s also an old section that has Roman ruins and what is described as a fantastic museum. The first segment of the way there was a tranquil drive along the water. As we neared the city Ditzy (the GPS) started getting confused. Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

Weather.com forecast rain for today. But what they didn’t say was whether it would be a drizzle or a downpour. I woke up to a slate gray sky and fine mist. That wouldn’t stop us from our plan to tour Palermo. While sipping my morning coffee the rain began, first gentle then steadily increasing to epic proportions. Okay, today would be washout. A day to catch up on laundry, emails and the like. Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

On my previous trip to Sicily, I happened upon the town of Santo Sefano di Camastra. It was difficult to miss, it was on the main road heading towards Palermo and along every street in town there were dozens of shops selling locally made ceramics. Today we returned. As we exited the new autostrada, I saw a building surrounded by gigantic pots. I pulled into the parking lot. Kathy and I spent time… Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

We were up and out early this morning, largely because we didn’t trust Ditzy, the GPS. We were scheduled for a food and walking tour of Cefalu. Giving ourselves a lot of time was a good decision because Ditzy misdirected us several times. We finally found a parking lot on our own. Ambra, our guide, is a lovely young local woman. She met us and the only other tour participant, an Australian woman… Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading

Kathy and I were both awake for the sunrise show—the sky morphed from pale blue to deep pink to orange. After that, we had a lazy morning–breakfast on our terrace, laundry, drawing (Kathy), writing (me) and both of us reading intermixed with short periods of dozing off. We set off through the resort property towards the beach. Along the way there were prickly pear cacti, palm trees, hibiscus… Source Originally Published on https://karengershowitz.com/ Continue Reading