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The great adventure to the Most Holy Mount Athos has now come and gone. Here’s what happened. First of all, I learned that my (standard) visa only allowed me to stay for three nights and not the four that I thought it did. I spent the first night at the Vatopedi Monastery, the second oldest [...]
After a flight from Rome through Athens, I have been in Thessaloniki since Saturday evening. At the time of Alexander, Thessaloniki was part of Macedonia and, not surprisingly, he is considered the local boy who made good. You can get a lot of Alexander stuff here. Since Aristotle was his teacher, he too is an [...]
I have been in Poland since last Wednesday. After spending three days in Warsaw, I came down here to Krakow, which is my base camp until Thursday when I fly back to Rome. Right now I have just returned from a trip to the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau and, predictably, am in a [...]
Saturday I took the express train to Milan and back (a total of 592 miles). Fortunately, the train moves at speeds of up to 187 m.p.h. Nevertheless, this was not the smartest thing I have ever done. Moving at breakneck speed and never stopping to eat, I did cover some of the major attractions; but [...]
Rome, September 17 Last week was filled with orientation and introductory tours of the city, two of which I skipped because I have been here enough to more or less know where I’m going. Having said that, however, Wednesday evening I got lost and didn’t get home until 11:45 p.m.! There are nine hundred and [...]
I have pretty well settled into Rome. I am living with thirty-two other English-speaking priests in a remodeled convent on the grounds of the North American College (the American seminary). While I wasn’t lucky enough to be assigned a room with balcony, I have a clear view of St. Peter’s Basilica, just a few blocks [...]
