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Archive for 2010
On the Path of the Crusades
By Cathy Scofield, Traveler
Montfort Castle
Cathy traveled with us on our new Crusades trip in October 2010. Read on to hear her experience on the trip! Read the rest of this entry »
Discovering Croatia – Šibenik to Dubrovnik
By Mary Dell Lucas, Founding Director
Croatia – everyone knows about the marvelous coast of this country…considered one of the most beautiful in the world. But I wanted to see what else the country had to offer. After driving 1900 kms in six days, I can honestly say that there is an astonishing wealth of interesting archaeological and historical sites…..
Discovering Croatia – Istria to Split
By Mary Dell Lucas, Founding Director
Croatia – everyone knows about the marvelous coast of this country…considered one of the most beautiful in the world. But I wanted to see what else the country had to offer. After driving 1900 kms in six days, I can honestly say that there is an astonishing wealth of interesting archaeological and historical sites…..
Voyaging Through History along the Western Coast of Turkey
The Lost Secrets of Ottoman Cuisine
By Maud McInerney
On the last day of our Far Horizons trip, we visited the Church of St. Saviour in Chora, which is one of the most exquisite of all Byzantine churches. It is decorated with mosaics and frescoes from the century before the fall of Constantinople, depicting the Life of the Virgin and the Life of Christ. Scholars tend to see Italian influences in these lovely images; they aren’t stiff and stylized like so much Byzantine art, but instead are moving and personal, almost sentimental. My favorite is, perhaps, the mosaic showing Read the rest of this entry »
Malta: Jewel of the Mediterranean
Mdina Walled City
For such a tiny island country, Malta is without a doubt one of the most interesting places in the world. Its location in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea has made it accessible to many different groups of people. Pottery found here by archeologists suggests that the Maltese Islands were first settled in 5200 BC mainly by Stone Age hunters or farmers Read the rest of this entry »
Tour Mongolia with Far Horizons
By Sara Barbieri
Outside Erdene Zuu Monastery in Kharkhorin, Mongolia
Flying into Ulaanbaatar is akin to landing in a green ocean with the waves of the steppe greeting your gaze from the window of the plane. The buildings, Russian cinder block, modern glass skyscrapers, and even the gers (yurts) that snuggle right up to the concrete, all vie to announce Read the rest of this entry »
