"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust
Flea markets in France proved a giant step beyond someone else’s castoffs when my daughter Sascha and I visited in September. She went to gather ideas and materials for her Scarlett Moon...
Sampling restaurants and taking a pastry class prove to be lovely experiences Food and eating in France has changed. My two-week mid-September visit followed the Olympics, which drew more than 11 million...
Paris invested millions of Euros to better accommodate the disabled, and bringing a portable scooter — from an Ohio company — goes a long way in Lille A mobility scooter was my...
I think today’s shrimp stew recipe originated in Spain, discovered by me when I was there last year to learn about saffron— where it came from and how it was used. The...
Loving Lozere: Least-populated part of France a great destination for solitude and long walks My seatmate was losing it. Trembling from head to toe, she was dripping with sweat and gasping for...
Step into Monet’s garden at Giverny and enter a living work of art by the father of Impressionism. Claude Monet was in his 40s and already a well-known painter when he established...
Warmed by the Gulf Stream, 24-square-mile Guernsey in the English Channel is a delightfully sunny sanctuary little known to Americans. Miles of walking and cycling paths thread through flower-strewn meadows along breezy...
Sark is an enchanted isle lost in time, floating like a mirage in the English Channel. Although a magical place for today’s visitors, it was Europe’s last bastion of the medieval feudal...
Early morning was my favorite time, when the fog lingered on the still surface of the canal, and the crowing of a rooster from a nearby farm welcomed the day. Before anyone...
When I saw Vegemite on the expansive breakfast buffet, I realized those vaguely British accents I’d been hearing on the Opal were Australian, not English. Vegemite — a paste made from brewer’s...
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