As much as I love Cuernavaca, Mexico, I find it more pleasant to leave the first week of September when the church adjacent to my home holds its annual fair in honor of a miracle of the Virgin 300 years ago. The Feria de Tlaltenango occupies one of the main streets of the city that…
All photos by the author except one. Click on the photos to enlarge them. I have seen just about all of the major tourist sites in Italy, some like Rome, Florence, Venice, Tuscany, and the Amalfi drive multiple times due to my 20 years as a tour operator. The Dolomites don’t interest me since I…
Photos are by the author unless otherwise noted. Readers of travel literature can hardly miss the numerous posts on overcrowded and overrated destinations. The mobs overrunning sites like Rome, Barcelona, Venice, and the Amalfi coast, have begun to spark interest in lesser-known, off-the-beaten-path locations. If you’re looking for an uncongested but exceptional destination, it’s hard…
A travel ad on a Magdalena River cruise from Cartagena, Colombia reminded me of previous visits to one of my favorite cities in South America. All the sailings before rainy season were sold out, but I decided a return visit would be a great getaway. I had also been looking for a way to reward…
All photos are by the author unless otherwise noted. I have often joked about treating Texas as a foreign travel destination. I had previously visited only Houston/Galveston where tour client/friends had promised me a party every day for four days if I would visit. They lied! We partied at both lunch and dinner and I…
Details on the history and culture are taken from Wikipedia, web pages of the touristic sites, and commentary by my guide. Photos by the author except where noted. I had hours of delay inserting photos on wordpress, some too small, some enormous. I am posting them anyway and hope to correct later. Many friends had…
This was my longest trip to Italy and hence the longest photo essay, over 5700 words, a half-hour read. You can scroll through the 120 photos quicker. May 14-28. PAVIA, BERGAMO, BELLAGIO, & STRESA. After saving Delta miles for years, I finally had enough (390,000) for a business-class ticket to Milan. (Rome required 450,000 miles).…
This directory is designed to promote donations to legitimate foundations and charities benefitting residents of the State of Morelos, Mexico. N.B. Additional editing will follow. Photos provided by the organizations or copied from their websites. BECAS PARA PREPAS BPP FUNDACIÓN DON BOSCO MISSION: Financial support for graduating secondary students to remain in school and complete…
For the last few decades, I have always left beautiful Cuernavaca in September. There is a church fair adjacent to my home for ten or more days, celebrating the miraculous appearance of the Virgin de los Milagros in 1720. The main street is closed to traffic, creating chaos in adjoining streets, and making driving anywhere…
Photos are by the author unless otherwise noted. UPDATE: In 2000, Mr. Botero gave to Colombia artwork valued at more than $100 million, including 200 of his own works and scores of pieces by Chagall, Picasso and Dalí from his private collection. The works are now on display in the Botero Museum in Bogotá and…
All photos by the author unless otherwise noted. Click on the photos to enlarge them or view them in a series. There are just too many photos to caption one by one but I think most readers recognize a tulip or a daffodil. As I noted in my earlier post, THREE DAYS IN LONDON, (https://jimhornnews.com/2023/05/29/three-days-in-london-may-2023)…
Eulogy by son, James J. Horn, * Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, North Tonawanda NY, November 26, 2022 Good morning. Thank you all for attending this memorial to the life of Frances Malinowski Horn. She was born in Detroit, MI, January 8, 1918. That year the Spanish flu infected 500 million people around the world,…
September 14-23, 2022 (Unless noted, all photos are by the author. Best viewed on a laptop or ipad since your cell will not do justice to the photos. Double click on photos to enlarge them. There is a link for comments at the end). After three years deprived of long-distance travel due to the pandemic,…
The Cortés Palace in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico was damaged severely in a devastating earthquake on September 19, 2017. The 7.1 Richter-scale quake damaged thousands of buildings in the State of Morelos including scores of convents and other historical sites. Reconstruction of historic buildings is the job of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH)…
I leave Cuernavaca every May to return to Western New York to visit family, friends, and former colleagues, and to celebrate Mother’s Day. Mom is 104 and still living independently. In the past I have usually taken advantage of being in NY to connect to JFK and fly to Europe, but I wasn’t ready for…
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