What better place in the world to do a wine tasting than in France? My husband and I spent a glorious week in Paris, and of course we wanted to try some of the local wines. Day trips to the Loire Valley seemed excessively pricey, so I did some research on wine tastings in Paris….
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 by name. But I do remember being fascinated by the almost-ceremonial process of preparing the drink prior to consumption. It was many years before I actually…
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 for being victims of travel scams. And, many of us are trusting and empathetic by nature. This makes us even easier targets for someone wanting…
The last time my husband and I were in France, we toured the Paris Catacombs, but my memories of the experience managed to fade over time. I do remember that it was fairly dark, a little creepy (which I’m cool with), and that most of our photos didn’t turn out very well because flash photography…
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 trip, since it was just a short walk from our apartment in the 11th arrondissement. We arrived just as it opened, so there were very…
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 2nd arrondissements. We were poking around Passage Jouffroy specifically when we both decided we were peckish. As it happened, we walked out onto the street…
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 D’Orsay, and the Catacombs were especially busy and overcrowded. We assumed that all the museums would be the same on our most recent visit, and…