Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
We woke up to the bells of Eglise Saint-Denis tolling the hour as the sun broke through the mist to shine on Chateau d’Amboise across the rooftops. I booked this apartment for the view, and it did not disappoint. Out another window we could see the tarps of market stalls and flashes of the Loire,…
Hee hee! I used to do a lot more practical posts like this! My SISTER is coming to visit and since I’m pretty sure she doesn’t really want me to call her all the time about all the stuff I keep thinking she needs to know, I’m just blogging about it instead. Traveling with kids—so…
There are a bunch of reasons why the Chateau de Chenonceau was my favorite chateau of all. The first chateau here found its downfall in the politics of the Hundred Years’ War. This enchanting spot goes on to be the glory and ruin of many. It comes with royal intrigue and jealousy, great kindness and…
What a dream trip! The kids had a five-day weekend and London wasn’t working out, so we road-tripped down to the Loire Valley. Lest you imagine we love every road trip to France, let me assure you: we’ve had some less than stellar experiences (recently involving an American mouse), but that is a different post….
We were halfway to the Medieval Village down at evocative Viller’s Abbey when Chris–who grew up in Houston–told me that no, he’d never been to the Houston Renaissance Festival. How do you grow up in Houston and never go to the wacky, wild and weird world of the Houston Renaissance Festival, right?! I have fond…
Chris’ birthday coincided with opening night to kick off the 2021-22 opera season at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels’ beautiful opera house. Here everyone is probably giving me side eye—wow, what fun for Chris… tickets to the opera….? First of all, Chris is sophisticated, and second of all, the opera house is one…
The first time we walked down to the Stockel farmers market we were a little awed by the casual champagne-and-oysters crowd. What was this alternate universe we’d stepped into where people faire les course pour acheter cheese, saucisses, fruits and veggies from across Europe, then take a pause for this elegant hedonistic repas? “Want some…
