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25 years ago: may 2001

My second year of tour guiding began with yet another assist on the Best of Europe II tour, this time with Dave Hoerlein as lead guide & mentor. He had so much good advice —just like Mary Carlson during the previous year— and gave me the confidence to become a lead guide myself. I still remember many people in this group & hope some of them will stumble upon this post!

The selection above comes from six rolls of film taken during the May portion of this trip. I can tell my composition is improving, but I’m still not able to handle exposure as much as I’d like. All in due time…

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sicily: trapani

map, Italy, Italia, Sicily, Trapani

Let’s get started with the first post about a 2025 trip to Sicily. Once again I helped train a new guide for Rick Steves’ Europe & found myself in awe… mainly because the whole island resembled southern Spain in so many ways. I fell in love with Trapani at first sight because it felt just like Cádiz to me!

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