Good thing our two weeks in Morocco ended with relaxing days in Essaouira. The next months in Italy were about to ask a lot of us. Here are edited excerpts from letters sent to the family. February We started the month traveling to Rome with local friends to attend a Chopin recital and returned another …

When an unexpected IRS refund arrived, we decided to spend at least part of it on a mid-winter trip to Morocco. A country we’d wanted to visit for decades, it offered not only unique sights and sounds but, just as  important, insights into ourselves as travelers. Here’s an edited account of our adventures sent to …