Posts Tagged ‘Festivals’

Lush, green and modern Rome. Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson The one thing I really appreciated about Rome was all the green space and parks around various parts of the city. Sure the Villa Borghese has a massive park surrounding its beautiful gallery, but there are several other cozy places to take a stroll or to [...]

I should be putting the finishing touches on my luggage tonight. I wanted to take a quick little break to share some of my Rome travel plans. Muna and I wish to keep it flexible, so this is by no means set in stone. It includes all the typical tourist attractions and some off-beat attractions. [...]

Awesome new site for planning weekend or month long vacation travel! Instead of giving you all I’ve got right here and right now I’m going to send you on a cyber goose chase, but you have my solemn word that it will be worth your time. I’ve been writing these days. I wish I could [...]

“Dir Biabir Anbesa Yasir.” “Many threads (ropes) together can even tie a lion.” – Ethiopian Proverb This looks like the end of my tall-tales and photo diary of East Africa’s very own Ethiopia. Make sure you check out all the video, photos, and slideshows here on my blog. In case you’ve missed any here they [...]

It is called the “New Flower” – Addis Ababa. Perhaps I was too tired to notice how the city would have been named such upon my arrival at the Bole International airport after two long days of travel. And perhaps I missed all other clues on the proceeding days as I meandered through the capital [...]

When I say “Little,” you say… Photo: Adrienne C. Wilson “Little…” This is the shout you would have heard coming from our Verizon Wireless setup this weekend had you been at the Riverfest here in Little Rock. Riverfest is an annual music, food, and arts festival held on two sides of the Arkansas River during [...]

By. It began with a tropical breeze and will close with the Mid-West freeze. As I get ready to depart for Chicago where I will spend New Year’s and the first two weeks of 2007 I sit here thinking of how blessed I’ve been this year. I was so sure sometime during 06′ that I’d [...]

Before I begin with divulging any details from my trip let me start by stating this: “Time has no mercy on the ambitious for there is never enough of it and favors for the lazy who never does enough with it.” Adrienne C. Wilson I’m sitting here and it is a little after midnight now [...]