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This is not a chant from the Sacro Monte (Sacred Mountain) chapels, but rather an admonishment from a sign on Orta's island. More on that later. We parked our car in the modern car park garage and strolled down to the town of Orta, as it is pedestrian only in the center. Orange seems to… Continue reading Open Your Being
About 45 minutes from our hotel in Ranco on Lake Maggiore is the town of Orta, on Lake Orta. Built up in the hills above Orta is the Sacro Monte, a series of small chapels as part of a pilgrimage in homage to St. Francis of Assisi, who was really popular around this area. He… Continue reading Sacro Monte–Orta, Italy
This is post #1 of our trip to Italy and England, June 2008. We work so hard at keeping the status quo, keeping up with things, staying on time and on schedule in our lives. Things like flat tires, sick children, headaches, funerals, births insert themselves into our carefully crafted schedule and pull us off… Continue reading Travel is Planned Disruption
Itinerary 1--Lake Maggiore, Italy 2--Lake Como 3--Bergamo 4--Milan 5--Bradford, England 6--York 7--Yorkshire Dales 8--London Significant Posts: Travel is Planned Disruption Sacro Monte--Orta, Italy Open Your Being Hermitage Santa Caterina Grocery Stores and Broken Columns–Lake Maggiore area Menu I Hot Hot Day on Lake Como Bergamo Italy Certossa di Pavia, Italy Milan Milan's Duomo Travel Day Once… Continue reading Map of Our Trip, Italy-England 2008
The Traveled Mind 