Vingt ans plus tard: Une Semaine à Paris (Twenty Years Later: A Week in Paris)
While we’ve been back to France on two extended trips since our first nearly 20 years ago, aside from theContinue Reading
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A Visit to Versailles
“Long ago in days untoldWere ruled by Lords of greedKings and queens and guillotinesTaking lives deniedStarch and parchments laid theContinue Reading
Bopping Around Bordeaux
We began our days in Bordeaux in St. Émilion. While you could day trip here from the city of Bordeaux,Continue Reading
Nîmes (France) Wasn’t Built in a Day
France’s Rome, the city of Nîmes, is an impressive living museum to Roman history. We stopped there, and at neighboringContinue Reading
A Week in Provence
“Neighbors, we have found, take on an importance in the country that they don’t begin to have in cities. YouContinue Reading
Old School on the Italian Riviera in Sanremo
“What a strange place to leave a car”, she said. She being the rental car agent in Milan. I don’tContinue Reading
Leisurely Life on Lago di Como
We arrived on Lake Como from Milan after several days of crushing heat and I barely wanted to sleep andContinue Reading
Feasting on the Last Supper, and other things to do in Milan
We were scheduled to visit Milan last year when, on a whim, we bought tickets to see Bruce Springsteen hereContinue Reading
Portugal’s Alentejo Wine Hotels
When we first told friends we were going to make Portugal our home base in Europe, many would talk aboutContinue Reading
Mértola and its Islamic Festival
We’d driven through Mértola twice. Once, in December of 2019, just after moving to Portugal, on our way south toContinue Reading
