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Adventures Abound.

Posted on October 26, 2021 by bfoulkesadventures

There is a Polish author, Ogla Tokarczuk, a Nobel Prize winner. In her book, Flights, she mentions the idea of synchronicity: “evidence of the world making sense. Evidence that throughout this beautiful chaos threads of meaning spread in every direction. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Walking Adventures | Tagged Barberini museum, David, fitness over 60, Florence, middle aged fitness, midlife adventures, Off the Couch and Out the Door, Rome, Testaccio, treks, via Francigena, walking in Italy | 5 Comments

Older than Dirt

Posted on October 14, 2014 by bfoulkesadventures

Rome is indescribable and almost incomprehensible; the layers of history are too deep and the bits that have survived are difficult to make order and sense of. Rome also isn’t well served by photographs. Pictures really can’t capture the grandeur … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Colosseum, midlife adventures, Off the Couch and Out the Door, Pantheon. Bernini, Rome, Sistine chapel, St.Peter's Basilica, the Roman Forum, Vatican Museum, Villa Borghese, writing and publishing | 3 Comments

Food, Glorious Food.

Posted on October 11, 2014 by bfoulkesadventures

Over the past six weeks in Italy, I have consumed at least my body weight in the following; tomatoes, cantaloupe, mozzarella cheese and prosciutto. My two main dishes have been prosciutto y melon and Caprese salad. They fed my body … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged campo di fiori, caprese salad, fitness over 60, middle aged fitness, midlife adventures, Off the Couch and Out the Door, prosciutto y melon. Trapizzino, Rome, Testaccio, Trastevere, writing and publishing | 1 Comment

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