So Long, Farewell, Adieu

The French don’t really say “adieu”. At least, not unless they’re at a funeral. The French meaning is a very … More

City of Light

By now everyone knows what happened the evening of 11/13/15 in Paris. We’ve watched as the bodies were removed and … More

The Auvergne region (similar to a state in the US) has been getting a lot of good tourist press lately. … More

We used up one of our last long May weekends for a return to Provence. Not because we hadn’t been … More

It’s a phrase we say every time we recite the Lord’s Prayer. Many of us don’t even think twice about … More

Two years ago we took a 14-day driving tour through Spain and Portugal for spring break and we liked it … More

Last year I came across an NPR article about the Foire au Jambon de Bayonne (Ham Fair) that’s been held … More

Well, after three years of living in the shadows of the Stade Marcel Michelin rugby stadium, home of the Clermont-Ferrand … More

He went to Paris….. Yes, I know its cliché, but the title was a must for this quick (albeit late) … More

While we were touring Normandy we came across a scallop festival (no kidding, see the post) in a small coastal … More