Grand Tours

Before we were test driving towns to possibly move to, we weren’t venturing far from Paris. We were all about … More

Test-driving towns: Vannes

Vannes! Now here’s a town I can wholeheartedly recommend to you. (Or at least I can recommend it to us. … More

Walking through Rennes, a perfectly fine town in Brittany that has been on my to-visit list for some time, I … More

After our last outing to Saint Quentin, I’ve been thinking about traveling and what makes a place sing to you. … More

Sometimes I like randomness in practice, other times only in theory. I have this idea that one day I will … More

I like having wide-open days in our schedule to allow for spontaneity. One day last week I got up early … More

Where to go for a weekend in March? Before we embarked on our travel fast, we had a few exceptions … More

Mark is now the chief cook. While we were both working, he always worked longer hours than I did, so … More

We’re back in sleepy, quiet Paris after a whirlwind stateside summer. It’s been about a thousand years since I’d been … More

The other day we got off the train on one of our day trips from Paris and I did a … More