When plans go south

We were all set to spend a couple of weeks in the south of France. It was going to be…

Grand Tours

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

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

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

My sister sent me the classic George Carlin bit about STUFF. (Yes, all caps. We’re talking of the stuff that…

You know how there are some things that line up too well that convince you that not only is the…

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

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

April in Paris is nothing like the song. I read somewhere that the lyricist would have preferred to call it…

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