Phnom Penh | The City of the Brahma's Faces
Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, where one of the worst genocides in modern history occurred, It Approximately 2 million innocents lost
Bangkok, Thailand | Land of the Golden Buddha
By now you have probably realized that I love to travel, to see new things and be surrounded by different aromas, sights and sounds than...
Cefalu | A Seaside Spot
Sicily is a huge island. We only had 18 days to explore it so we could not stay long at any one place and had to move on. We started our...
Taormina | The Pearl of the Ionian Sea
If you watched White Lotus, you might recognize Taormina. This is a town I was told not to miss and one I am glad to have visited. We...
Syracuse| Siracusa
My husband's uncles often said “If you haven't been to Sicily, you haven't been to Italy”. Hence, our visit to the island. Our fifth stop...
Ragusa by way of Villa Romana del Casale 2022
If you like to stand in awe of beautiful mosaic tile work, you can not miss the Villa Romana del Casale. This grand palace of the late...
On to Agrigento with a Stop at the Royal Palace of Ficuzza
Agrigento is about 2 ½ hours from Trapani via SS189 but because passing through some construction zones is the norm, it could take...
Trapani | Flamingos and Baroque Architecture | Traveling in Sicily
If you want to get in touch with nature, specifically if you want to see hundreds if not thousands of Great Flamingos from various...
Palermo | A Cultural Melting Pot
Settled by the Phoenicians, colonized by the ancient Greeks, conquered by the Romans, invaded by the Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards...
Italy 2022 - Sicily by way of Rome
There are no direct flights from the USA to Sicily and so we flew to Rome. Having heard horror stories of lost luggage. We decided to...
New Mexico - “It Grows as it goes “
We had planned several domestic trips but due to Covid-19, the fear of Covid-19, and the high cost of domestic travel, we put those trips...
Edinburgh, Scotland - More than Golf - Photojournal Part 5
Golf courses and castles are everywhere in Scotland. Despite wars, rebellions and time many of the castles have survived pretty much...
Inverness, Scotland - More than Golf - Photojournal Part 4
We noted a beautiful castle while on our way to Skye from Fort William. Heading off the island towards Inverness, were able to stop back...
Isle of Skye - Not just Golf - Scotland: Part 3
We have heard so much about the Isle of Skye that we had to see for ourselves if it was really as nice as everyone had said. We stayed in...
Scotland Part 2 - Loch Lomond and Fort William - More than Golf
Another castle, of course it is. This is Scotland and there are a lot of castles here. When traveling on an unguided road-trip there are...
Scotland : More than Golf - Photojournal : Glasgow
Photo journal of beautiful Scotland
Return to Iceland - Part 2 | Iceland's Westfjords 2022 | Photo-journal
Going back to my bird-watching mania, on our first trip to Iceland we had hoped to see the northern lights, and we did, nothing short of...
Return to Iceland 2022 | Different season | Photo-journal
In early April of 2019 I spent about a week in Iceland and found it to be absolutely amazing, truly the place of fire and ice. I had the...
South Africa - Part 4 - Our Last Day
If you missed “Off to Cape Town, South Africa - Pt 3” please click on the link below https://www.photographybymariasavidis-blog.com/post/...
South Africa - Part 2 - SAFARI
All the planning was done. The cameras that I planned to use for the day, (a Nikon D850 outfitted with a 150 -600 mm lens and battery...