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Procida, Italy

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 17, 2022

From Naples you can take a ferry to all kinds of interesting places: Ischia, Capri, Palermo, or maybe a bit further, like Tunis.  One of the islands offers a sort of idyllic hint of the kind of Italy you see in the travel brochures.  It’s Procida (Pro-chida).  Of course, during July and August it’s mobbed…

Fast Times

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 16, 2022

Here are a couple of just for fun very quick videos of my trip to Napoli. You might have to click twice to get them to play. First the optical illusion of the railroad tracks. CLICK Second, a poppy field at 185 miles per hour. CLICK I wish I could have gotten off for a…

The Photo Police

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 15, 2022

On my trip to Naples, I made sure I visited the Museo Cappella San Severo, probably the most beautiful single room exhibition of amazing sculpture and a fabulously painted ceiling.  So, I paid my money and got in line, only to be told on afterward, “No photos.”  This happens rarely in Italy, especially when the…

Poppy Time

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 10, 2022

Splendor in the Grass

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 9, 2022

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