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Between Heaven and Hell: On the Aeolian Islands on 9/11

  • 9/11
  • September 10, 2011
Ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I still reflect on the cruel irony of exploring an active volcano – Stromboli on Sicily’s...
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Vulcano Part II: Beyond the mud baths

  • vulcano
  • September 6, 2011
After our odd alternate-universe experience at Vulcano’s odiferous sulfur mud baths, my husband Joe and I found it hard to believe that we...
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Vulcano Part I: In the belly of the volcano

  • vulcano
  • September 1, 2011
Fresh air, the crisp smell of salt water, and the swooning fragrance of copious gardens engulf Sicily’s Aeolian Islands. But one of the seven...
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Il Postino's Salina

The beloved 1994 Italian film, Il Postino, remains a timeless tribute to the ennobling power of the well-turned poetic phrase. Set on a small...
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Windblown on the Aeolian Islands: Lipari

The Aeolian Islands apparently rose from the sea after a series of prehistoric volcanic eruptions and no doubt got artfully rearranged by the wind...
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Yacht Charter; Visit the secret Aeolian Islands of Italy

A crewed yacht charter is one of the best ways to visit the Aeolian Islands, which sit right off of the northeastern side of a the neighboring, and...
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Too Much Solitude: House Hunting on Alicudi

View of sea and abandoned church. Photo by Lucia Mauro Too Much Solitude: House Hunting on AlicudiBy Lucia Mauro ...
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