Travel rants

(Caution: contains coarse language) The ease with which we move about is nothing short of miraculous. Around town or around the world, we…

Paris scarvery

In Paris, the scarf is a fashion accessory not just for the fashion élite. Chic professional women wear scarves but so do teens…

Aboard the TGV to Paris I could exhale a little. After the morning’s frenzy and the schlepping of my five bags onto the…

The time came for me to go home. After 85 nights in the so-called Yellow Apartment that I had found on Roomorama I…

(CAUTION: Contains graphic language.) Barcelona is an easy city to visit because you don’t really have to plan anything. You don’t have to…

This is a travelogue, part guide and part journal of three days in Barcelona. Very simply, it’s a stunningly beautiful city. You can…

The sun is out today and the sparrows are making up for a wet, dreary week. There’s a chirpfest happening outside my window….

Some years ago Calvin and I spent a week 1000 kilometers from here in Brittany, in a charming medieval town called Dinan. During…

Today I went grocery shopping, an activity fascinating enough on its own, but it was the travel involved that makes this story especially…