Nora Studholme
Scilla: A Swoon-worthy Calabrian Town
If you haven’t heard the Greek myth of Scylla, here’s a quick synopsis: There was a fisherman who fell in love with a young nymph (of...
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Nora Studholme
Apr 12, 20232 min read
The Road to Petra
We’ve been driving for almost three hours, and nothing has changed. Everywhere, in all directions, the same: flat, rocks, sand, dirt,...
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Nora Studholme
Apr 10, 20236 min read
Wadi Rum Camel Meditation
The thing I notice about desert people, when we meet our Bedouin guides at the edge of red sands of Wadi Rum, is how much like ocean...
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Nora Studholme
Feb 17, 20235 min read
The Birthday Party
The invitation comes on a little scroll, rolled and tied with a yellow satin ribbon. “You are invited,” it says in computer-printed...
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Nora Studholme
Dec 1, 20226 min read
The Opera of Onofrio Pepe
In which I lose my wallet and gain a neighbor The story of how my wallet was stolen is not really a story. It is, in fact, so anti...
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Nora Studholme
Aug 22, 20228 min read
The Long and Spiny Road
Admittedly, when we set out on the hike we didn’t know much. We had a painted sign, in Greek, that Google Translate told us pointed...
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Nora Studholme
Aug 8, 20221 min read
Calm
The winds have paused and paradise is revealed. The water is clear, mouth-wash blue, and almost still. The sandy bottom is no longer...
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Nora Studholme
Aug 3, 20224 min read
Today, in Greece
Now, to get to where we are today. A ferry to a flight to Athens, a night wandering and looking at ancient ruins, in the morning the...
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Nora Studholme
Aug 3, 20223 min read
A Non-chronological Continuation
I confess: there is a pile of half finished blog posts curled up and napping in files on this computer. Stories of riotous singing in...
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Nora Studholme
May 7, 20223 min read
My Haircut with Enzo
Before setting out for our closest salon, I practiced a few key haircut vocabulary words. “Hai un appuntamento?”, “tagliare” (cut), “solo...
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Nora Studholme
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Yoga in 2 Languages
I go to the yoga class for two reasons: one, because it’s two blocks from our apartment. Close enough to get myself motivated even on a...
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Nora Studholme
Mar 19, 20227 min read
San Gimignano "sankofa"
There is a West African word that I love, Sankofa. It is represented by a bird holding a seed in its beak and flying forward while...
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Nora Studholme
Feb 22, 20224 min read
The Legend of Lucca
We’re standing underneath the bell tower in Lucca while our guide, Paula, tells us the story. There’s a gray rain falling, causing us to...
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Nora Studholme
Feb 21, 20226 min read
The Beaver Republic
The only way I feel able to tell about a weekend in Venice is to speak on its own terms, to share a wandering labyrinth of discoveries...
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Nora Studholme
Feb 4, 20221 min read
The thing I’ll never forget about the top of the Duomo
It isn’t the delicate roof tiles, and how up close they are both massive and fragile, the scales of some lumbering dragon-bodied beast....
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Nora Studholme
Feb 2, 20223 min read
The Bells... the bells!
How many churches are there in Florence? I wouldn’t be shocked if you told me thousands. And of those churches, what percentage have bell...
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Nora Studholme
Jan 17, 20226 min read
Andrea and the Octopus
If he wasn’t the only other person standing in the Piazza this morning, I would not think he was the one I was here to meet. He’s so much...
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Nora Studholme
Jan 16, 20221 min read
Things we've learned apartment hunting in Florence
Not all apartments have kitchens If an apartment has a kitchen it might still not have a fridge If an apartment has two bathrooms, one of...
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Nora Studholme
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Something about the light
The light is different here. It is always sunny, even when it is cold, and the sun seems to be in a perpetual golden hour. It soaks into...
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Nora Studholme
Jan 13, 20223 min read
Siamo Arrivato!
Ciao a tutti! I’ve been saving up little moments and stories for you guys all week, but we’ve been so much on the go that I haven’t...
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