Maps
by Ellen Rocco on May 9th, 2011
I love maps. Talking or thinking about Sarajevo or Soweto or Singapore or Seattle, I’ll open an atlas and then I’m gone, traveling across the globe, looking for connections, geography, demographics…everything. When I was younger, I’d spread a world map out on the floor, close my eyes, and point to a spot…then look it up and explore vicariously.
For the past week, I’ve been exploring Italy vicariously as Sandy Demarest and Todd Moe led a group of NCPR friends on a tour of Italy. Here are a couple of the most recent photos sent home by Sandy:
On the map: Italy.
Okay, NOW we're talking Italy.
If NCPR leads another trip in the next year or two, where on the map would you like to go? Post ideas here. I’ll check them out in my atlas…
I know it’s not an overseas or “exotic” location, but I would vote for the canyons, buttes and plateaus of southern Utah – places like Bryce Canyon, Zion, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Monument Valley.
I was there in the mid-1990s and I still find it one of the most beautiful and unusual landscapes I’ve ever seen.
Sounds good to me…my favorite part of southern Utah: the Escalante. Amazing hiking.
Cuba! We’re hoping for a music trip with NCPR’s talented hosts, when the powers that be allow travel.