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We left Tampa airport, transferring in Houston after a 2 1/4 hour flight for a 2 hour flight to Leon/Guanajuato airport in the mountains of central Mexico.  We had arranged for a pick-up by private car fro the 1 1/3 hour drive to San Miguel.  San Miguel, a city of about 90,000 people—20 percent of … Continue reading Travel in San Miguel

We arrive at our hotel, the Aria, which is located in the Mala Strana section of Prague on the castle side of the Vltava River.  We are eager to see and compare the city to our last visit in 1990 soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of Eastern Europe.  On … Continue reading Travel in Prague

Posted here will be excerpts from my novel, Turmoil in the Renaissance – A Historical Fiction of Ludovico Sforza – Duke of Milan Available for purchase from BookLocker.com, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com   Ludovico Sforza, called “Il Moro” because of his swarthy appearance, was born the second son of the Duke of Milan, Francisco … Continue reading Turmoil in the Renaissance

Our vacation starts in the middle of Basque country in San Sebastian, a 19th century aristocratic resort made famous by Queen Maria Cristina of Hapsburg.  We will travel the Costa Verde, a verdant, lush, rugged area along the Atlantic coast of northern Spain, through the provinces of Cantabrico, Asturias and Galicia.  It is one of … Continue reading Travel in Costa Verde Spain