My first exposure to absinthe was watching it being prepared in a scene from the 1992 version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I don’t even recall whether they referred to the liqueur Continue Reading →
Let’s admit it – as wonderful and exciting as travel is, it can also be stressful. This stress, along with the unfamiliarity of a new place, can set us up Continue Reading →
What would Paris be without an entire museum dedicated to the manufacture and subsequent enjoyment of wine? Well, we finally paid a visit to the aptly-named Musée du Vin Paris on our Continue Reading →
The last time my husband and I were in France, we toured the Catacombs of Paris, but my memories of the experience managed to fade over time. I do remember Continue Reading →
On the morning of our flight back home from Paris, France, my husband and I visited Père-Lachaise cemetery. We had decided to leave it to the last day of our Continue Reading →
On one of our slightly more leisurely days in Paris, my husband and I decided to explore a few of the Grands Boulevards, or covered galleries between the 9th and Continue Reading →
When my husband and I went to Paris, France many years ago, there were line-ups out the door and lengthy waiting times to enter the popular museums. The Louvre, Musee Continue Reading →
What better place in the world to do a wine tasting than in France? My husband and I just spent a glorious week in Paris, and of course we wanted Continue Reading →