A pilgrimage to St. Francis's holy sanctuary at La Verna To visit La Verna and its surrounding region is to confront the spiritual echoes of those who, like us now, tried to make sense of it all. spectator.us spectator.us / feeds spectator-us .. spectator-us-life .. spectator-us-life-place / / #news / / 31 days 31d Share
The majesty of Siena's Palio Siena's Palio is as mad as it is old. Ten horses and ten riders, representing ten of Siena's seventeen contrade, or districts, race three ... spectator.us spectator.us / feeds spectator-us .. spectator-us-life .. spectator-us-life-place / / #news / / 31 days 31d Share
Spending Halloween at Whitby Goth Weekend Every April and every Halloween weekend, Whitby in Yorkshire is chock-full of goths. As I seem to be The Spectator's adopted goth, I was ... spectator.us spectator.us / feeds spectator-us .. spectator-us-life-place .. spectator-us-life / / #news / / 36 days 36d Share
A warm welcome in Salem from women and witches My oldest friend and I had vowed to venture to Salem one day while deep in our own teenage phase of occultism ... spectator.us spectator.us / feeds spectator-us .. spectator-us-life-place .. spectator-us-life / / #news / / 52 days 52d Share
Washing it all away in the Maldives The lapping of the waves eased my mind. They didn't sound like they were going to wash away the entire Maldives Islands ... spectator.us spectator.us / feeds spectator-us .. spectator-us-life-place .. spectator-us-life / / #news / / 55 days 55d Share
Sustainable splendor: skiing the Italian Alps 'No costs of grooming and your daily passes are three times the price of ours!' an Italian man interjected ... spectator.us spectator.us / feeds spectator-us .. spectator-us-life-place .. spectator-us-life / / #news / / 59 days 59d Share