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About carolinebotwin

Caroline Botwin and her husband Mike are retired educators who have always had a yen for travelling: he with a PH.D and teaching Architectural Engineering plus California wine education, and she having taught high school English, speech and drama. Both wanted to learn first hand about other cultures. While Mike predominately studied buildings and structures and met with winemakers, Caroline hunted for ancient sites and peoples. And kept journals of all their travels. Kevin Klimczak, extraordinaire, is the website designer and editor of the blogs.

Off the Beaten Path

Posted on May 10, 2020

At the conclusion of our Albanian trip, 3 days in Durresi on the Adriatic Sea were needed to unwind. Off season rates were” in season” and we got a top floor suite with a big balcony overlooking the sea. Our … Continue reading →

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Living in the Raw

Posted on April 3, 2020

Mike is doing a, “happy dance” visiting Fangoria Winery. You can see (on his right knee) where he actually knelt to see and smell (not kiss) the vines. This young vineyard manager took us up and down the rows of … Continue reading →

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Zero Hour Part 2

Posted on March 22, 2020

The Aliens are coming! The Aliens are coming! This probably would have been the title to my essay in my response to Caroline’s Martian piece. She told me she had given this as an assignment when she was teaching and … Continue reading →

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Zero Hour

Posted on March 13, 2020

Oh, I was to be so jolly! What a game! Such excitement they hadn’t known in years. The children catapulted this way and that across the green lawns, shouting at each other, holding hands, flying in circles, climbing trees, laughing. … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Part 2

Posted on February 20, 2020

Of course how could one go to Cuba without seeing monuments and tributes to Che Guevarra, the famous liberator of the country. Whether his liberation was a good or bad thing is open to interpretation. This mural was on the … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Part 1

Posted on February 11, 2020

This was our first glance at the city of Havana under the auspicious watch of the tour group. We planned to tour the cities of Havana, CienFuego and Trinidad. We landed in an airport and were then shuttled to a … Continue reading →

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Footsteps of the Templars- Aveyron, France. Part 1

Posted on January 26, 2020

Footsteps of the Templars- Aveyron, France. Heavy hoofs clacked against the graveled road of Covertoirade. Passing through the large gate and tromping through the plaza a man and his horse made their way to the Church. This town was a … Continue reading →

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Bits of Wales

Posted on December 17, 2019

We took the Hovercraft from the Dublin  ports  to Wales. Boarding was crowded  with noisy  congeniality. “Learn as you go by observation” and we did. The people in the  lead headed for the curved, split staircase, and ran up for the … Continue reading →

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Woman Overboard: Act II (Read act I below if you haven’t already.)

Posted on November 29, 2019

ACT 2 TWO WEEKS LATER (CATHERINE ENTERS AND FINDS CALLY AND PATRICIA AT THE INFORMATION TABLE ) CALLY What are you doing out of closed session so early? CATHERINE They said it had to do with “administrative personnel,” and that … Continue reading →

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Woman Overboard: Act I

Posted on November 22, 2019

This is my reaction to the impeachment hearings… If you do not like it you can close the page… COPYRIGHT 1998 Introduction     In 1989, the ACLU came charging to my defense as a district teacher elected to the local … Continue reading →

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