Storyfest Journeys

Small-Group Storytelling Travel

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  • Most Recent Newsletter - 3 August 2012
  • About Us
    • Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm, Ph.D.
      • Six Women
      • Terremoto ! The Earth Quakes in Assisi 2
      • Archetypes Alive in King Arthur's Camelot
      • Mystery in the Coffee Belt
      • Listening for Leaviathan
      • Arabian Sands
      • A Woman Pilgrim
    • Robert Béla Wilhelm, Th.D.
      • Parables Today, A Weekly Storybook
      • Archived Blog
      • Robert Bela Wilhelm's Books
        • Christmas Parables
        • Byzantine Tales and Parables
        • Fool Who Counted Sins
        • Father Cosmas Tells How Godfather Death...
        • Mary of Egypt
        • Dewi and Non
        • Perfect Joy in Holy Week
        • Telltale Handbook: How to Tell Sacred Stories
        • Stories for the Lenten Journey
    • Our Unique Approach
  • Iceland -- September 23-30, 2012
    • A Specialty Tour on Storytelling - Njal's Saga
    • What is Njal's Saga?
    • Our Itinerary in Iceland
    • How to Register & Costs
    • Listen to Njal's Saga Here
      • Part 2 - Hallgerd's Tale
      • Part 3 - Glum's Tale
        • Chapter 13 - Glum Woos Hallgerd (10 minutes)
        • Chapter 14 - Hallgerd's Second Wedding (4 minutes)
        • Chapter 15 - Thjostolf Returns to Make Mischief (3 minutes)
        • Chapter 16 - Another Slap (2 minutes)
        • Chapter 17 - Hrut Avenges Glum's Murder (8 minutes)
      • Chapter 18 - Fiddle Mord Dies (1 minute)
      • Chapter 19 - Gunnar of Hlidarend (2 minutes)
      • Chapter 20 - Njal and Bergthora (1 minute)
      • Chapter 21 - Unn Visits Gunnar (4 minutes)
      • Chapter 22 - Njal's Advice to Gunnar (8 minutes)
      • Chapter 23 - Huckster Hedin (5 minutes)
      • Chapter 24 - Hrut and Gunnar at the Althing
    • The Short Saga of Haldor Snorrason
    • Icelandic Sites - Places of Nature, History & Imagination
      • Thingvellir - The Outdoor Parliament
      • Geysir
      • Gullfoss
  • Hawaii -- January 13-20, 2013
    • How We First Discovered Hawaii
    • Stories from Hawaii & the South Pacific
      • Mystery in the Coffee Belt, A Tale from Kona
      • Pele's Island
      • Uncorking the Imp...
      • Rainbow Canoe
      • Father Cosmas and Papa Death
    • Our Friends in Hawaii
      • Misha, The Coffee Grower
      • The Slack Key Guitarist
      • Isabel, The Volcano Lady
      • The Kona Bibliophile
      • The Innkeeper at Captain Cook
    • Hawai'i - Day by Day
      • Before You Arrive in Hawaii
      • Sunday, January 13
      • Monday, January 14
      • Tuesday - January 15
      • Wednesday - January 16
      • Thursday - January 17
      • Friday - January 18
      • Saturday - January 19
      • Sunday - January 20
    • How to Register & Costs
  • Arizona -- Desert Spirituality March 3-9, 2013
    • Desert Tales
      • A Sonoran Desert Tale
      • A Gobi Desert Tale
      • A Rajasthani Desert Tale
      • A Chihuahuan Desert Tale
      • A Kalahari Desert Tale
      • A Sahara Desert Tale
      • An Australian Desert Tale
      • Biblical Desert
    • How to Register & Costs
    • Arizona - Day-by-Day
      • Sunday - March 3
      • Monday - March 4
      • Wednesday - March 5
      • Thursday - March 6
      • Friday - March 7
      • Saturday - March 8
      • Sunday - March 9
  • Spain April 14-21, 2013
    • Stories and Tales from Spain
      • Sancho, Servant of the King
      • Saint Teresa of Avila
      • The Hassidic Scholar, Our Lady the Virgin Mary, and the Friar
      • A Light in the Darkness
      • Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra
        • Tale 1 -
        • Tale 2 -
        • Tale 3 -
      • A Jew from Saragossa
    • Spain - Day by Day 2
      • Before You Arrive in Spain
      • Each Day
      • Sunday, April 14
      • Monday, April 15
      • Tuesday - April 16
      • Wednesday - April 17
      • Thursday - April 18
      • Friday - April 19
      • Saturday - April 20
      • Sunday - April 21
  • Orkney, Scotland -- May 19-26, 2013
    • Orkney Itinerary
      • 19 May 2012 - SUNDAY - Arrival in Orkney
      • 20 May 2012 - MONDAY - ferry to the Isle of Rousay
      • 21 May 2012 - TUESDAY - exploring Stromness
      • 22 May 2012 - WEDNESDAY - entering Maeshowe, Skara Brae & the Standing Stones
      • 23 May 2012 - THURSDAY - exploring Birsay, the Broch of Gurness, and Kirbister
      • 24 May 2012 - FRIDAY - exploring the Royal Burgh of Kirkwall & the Southern Isles
      • 25 May 2012 - SATURDAY - ferry to the Isle of Sanday
      • 26 May 2012 - SUNDAY - Departure from Orkney
    • How to Travel with the 2012 Orkney Storyfest
      • Costs
      • Travel Advice
      • The Small Print
    • about Orkney
      • Listen to Tales from Orkney
        • When Easter Came to Orkney
        • The Limpet Bride
        • Captain Blythe Visits Orkney
        • Daniel DeFoe Visits Orkney and writes "The Pirate Gow"
      • People
        • Dr. Robert Bela Wilhelm
        • Dr. Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm
        • Owners of the Standing Stones Hotel, Linda & Alan
        • Storytellers and Guides for our 2011 Orkney Storyfest… hopefully will be with us again in 2012.
          • Tom Muir
          • Lynn Barbour
          • Fran Flett Hollinrake
          • Marita Luck
          • John Mowat
          • Neill at Corrigal Farm
          • At home with the Sanday Ranger
          • Paddy Maguire of Rousay
          • John Brooks
      • Orcadians You Should Know
        • The Wrigley Sisters
        • George Mackay Brown
        • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
      • Ancient Worlds
        • Neolithic Orkney
        • Picts & Celts
        • Norse Rule: from Viking raids to Christian civilization
        • Scottish Rule
      • Historic Houses Large and Small
        • Monumental Historic Houses of Orkney
        • Hidden Historic Houses of Orkney
        • Crofts, Mills, and other Humble Places
      • Resources about Orkney and Orcadian Storytelling
        • The Viking Sagas
        • Orcadian Folktales
        • The Orkney Storytelling Festival
      • Orkney Storyblog
      • Walks and Rambles in Orkney
        • Winding Our Way through the Streets of Stromness
  • Northern Isle of Sanday - May 26-30, 2013
  • Potomac Heritage Storytelling
    • Story Blog
      • The Original George Washington Monument
      • "The Cuckoo is a Pretty Bird"
      • The Doppelgänger of Fort Ritchie
      • South Mountain Inn
      • Devil's Backbone
      • Licoln Dinner in Gettysburg
      • A Visit to Antietam Battlefield after September 11. 2001
      • "Gath", the Journalist of the Civil War
    • Ongoing Events
      • Storytelling Tours of the Potomac Heritage Area
      • Storytelling Evening Concerts - Potomac Heritage Tales
    • 2013 Potomac Heritage Storytelling Days
      • A Day with George Washington
      • A Day on the Great Roads West
      • A Day with Abraham Lincoln
      • A Day of Remembrance and Healing
      • A Day of Wars Hot and Cold

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Catholics, Muslims and Jews in Medieval Spain

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Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra

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