It’s amazing what ten hours of sleep will do! I awoke this morning with no jet lag, enjoyed a good … Continue reading Arles to Dijon River Cruise, Day 2 – Arles and Boarding the AMA Amacello
I’m on my penultimate travel adventure of the year (my final trip will be Egypt in November): a river cruise … Continue reading Arles to Dijon River Cruise, Day One – Getting to Arles
I had a spirited discussion with the hotel’s concierge this morning about the many ways in which Americans mispronounce Èze, … Continue reading Èze, France, Oct. 18
If you’ve seen one cave, you’ve seen … one cave. Each one is different, with its own geology, its own … Continue reading Gargas and Adieu to France, April 27
This is what I was waiting for! Pech Merle is a wonderland of fantastical stalactites and stalagmites, 30,000-year-old handprints on … Continue reading Pech Merle and Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (SCL), April 26
Here’s my recipe for quickly recovering from a stressful weekend: (1) check into a gorgeous room in a classy hotel … Continue reading Les Eyzies, April 24-25
Difficult circumstances experienced while traveling almost always boost my faith in humanity. In February 2022, I was quarantined in a … Continue reading Paris and Les Eyzies, April 23-24
Ah, the TGV, France’s wonderful, fast, smooth train system! So smooth, in fact, that I fell asleep shortly after boarding … Continue reading Bordeaux and Saint Émilion
Strasbourg: We had a wonderful time walking around charming Strasbourg. We climbed 320 steps to the roof of the cathedral … Continue reading Rhine River Cruise, October 2019, Post 3 of 3: Strasbourg, Black Forest, Basel
Cologne: I knew two things about Cologne before today: first, the eponymous scents, and second, Keith Jarrett played a seminal, … Continue reading Rhine River Cruise, October 2019, Post 2 of 3: Cologne, Koblenz, Rudesheim, Heidelberg, Speyer
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