It didn’t make sense; Dinan was not listed as a stop on the 5:30 train from Rennes to Saint Malo. Yet our ticket was for 5:30, and this was the only train leaving the station at that time. Pat and… Read More ›
nomadic retirement
The Michelin Star
It’s no surprise that when I fell for a man in Paris he was wearing a tall white hat. For years, I stacked cookbooks on my bedside table and read them before I fell asleep. Saturday morning, I set off… Read More ›
Paris, Movies, Popcorn and Growing Older
In the Unites States, Pat and I rarely went to the movies, but now, it’s an indulgence. To bask in English. To understand every word, grasp the nuance, and laugh at the jokes. Otherwise, going to the movies is a thinly… Read More ›
So You Want to Move to Paris….
Last week, I noticed a spike in my blog statistics. I can’t tell who looked at my blog, but I could see that several were from the Fodor’s travel forum. For those of you unfamiliar with this forum, it’s a… Read More ›
Our Ski Vacation to Austria
It was my idea of a perfect ski vacation. Brilliant sunshine. Warm. No snow. No worries! The intuitive choice was to fly into Vienna since we were skiing in Austria, but I choose Venice. Like many, I sometimes confuse the… Read More ›
The World In Between 