The Master of Cabestany

I love good historical fiction, the kind written by historians with a knack for spinning a tale. The trouble is, … More

Apocalypse!, the tapestry

I’d heard vague murmurings about a tapestry in Angers, but it was just one of many things on the list … More

A friend gave Mark the Dr. Seuss book Oh, The Places You’ll Go during a time of great uncertainty in … More

Occasionally on an excursion, Mark will look at me and say, Monster Park, Maer, and I’ll know exactly what he … More

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At long last we are making our way back north to Paris after a month in Seville and three months … More

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

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

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

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

The Let’s Get Lost game has a new variation. For those of you who don’t know the reason why this … More