Because this blog is ostensibly about travel, it’s hard to write about not-travel, about staying put. But it is also … More
Category: Explorations
Because the news is so awful, here is a picture of a man walking his pet sheep
I’ll get to that, but before we get there, here’s how we got here. In our last episode, we were … More
Zaragosa, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and winding our way back home
At long last we are making our way back north to Paris after a month in Seville and three months … More
Friends old and new and somewhere in between
Someone recently asked what my ambitions were for this blog. I said what ambitions? I have none. The only reason … More
Aller!
I read someone who said their French teacher was railing on Americans (as the French are wont to do. But … More
When plans go south
We were all set to spend a couple of weeks in the south of France. It was going to be … More
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
Test-driving towns: Rennes
Walking through Rennes, a perfectly fine town in Brittany that has been on my to-visit list for some time, I … More
Troyes, worth its weight
After our last outing to Saint Quentin, I’ve been thinking about traveling and what makes a place sing to you. … More