below another sky: travel writing

Munich

Munich became cold and drab, and no longer willing to partake in the particular incompetence of the hotel, I began to pack my boxes. Even though the journey home was a long drive to make alone, all I needed was...

Trapani, Sicily

Think I can spend the day sitting on one of the three enormous balconies in this upstairs apartment (2 are enormous, one is just long but with a spectacular view of the mountain). It is warm and partly sunny, and...

Sicily

April 24 - Trapani, Sicily With relatives in the kitchen Quick Notes: ZT is cooking pasta spaghetti carbonara for us. Dad is sitting next to me telling a story about Gary's friend's mother and pastries. ZT shows us a "pear...