Failure of shortened links
I hate when shortened links using tiny url or bitly websites don’t work. There’s no figuring out why, at least in my admittedly limited grasp of things internet related. And there also...
Author: Janet Podolak
Taste the south of France with me
World Wines in Mentor has managed to locate some of the wonderful wines I drank during my visit to the South of France this summer and will be pouring them from 6...
Two-Michelin stars for lunch at Le Castellas
Our table at Le Castellas awaits, but one of us got there first and left his water bottle. That’s me, third from the right, with members of our press group visiting the...
Shop Narbonne Market for tastes of the south of France
The Marche covered market in Narbonne is open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. seven days a week. When I stepped into the covered market in Narbonne, in the south of France,...
Fontfroide Abbaye- dine where monks prayed
In the foothills of the Corbières mountains of the Aude department in the South of France is the Abbaye Fontfroide, which was founded by Benedictine monks in 1093 but is now restored...
Share your photos from Vintage Ohio
Share your photos from Vintage Ohio by emailing photos to yourpics@news-herald.com with the caption in the subject line, or posting on Twitter/Instagram with the hashtag #vintageohio.
That giant 538 passenger airplane
I first realized that there are many aircraft fans after I wrote about traveling aboard the Airbus 380 from Washington Dulles Airport to Paris in May. The huge double level airship...
Connections: France, Quebec, Highland Heights
For more than 300 years St. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec City has been a place where healing miracles occurred. One of the reasons I am so enamored of travel is...
New meaning for packing light
I fly with carry-on but discovered that packing light now has a new meaning for international travel.. On my recent AirFrance flights to and from Paris I was limited to 12kg in...
Why underwater is my nirvana
After reading my recent post about my love of being underwater, several people have asked me why. They know that I spent a recent birthday on the island of Bonaire so I...
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