May
02
Selecting just one restaurant in Paris for that special night out is a daunting task. So I’m not going to do it. Instead, I’m going to suggest that you choose a genre of restaurant for a romantic meal – the brasserie. When we asked our Parisian artist friend Marie Theres Berger where visitors should not …
May
02
ser·en·dip·i·ty /ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/ [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident 2. good fortune; luck As we’re on a quest to travel more sustainably this year and to try local produce wherever we can, we’ve been drinking an awful lot of wine. We’ve tried everything: British wine in London, Sherry in Jerez, Cava in …
May
02
Take-Homes is a series of posts from each destination in which I recommend mementos to buy. My suggestions, and my own purchase choices, are based on sustainable travel criteria as much as possible: they must be things that are authentically local, that are traditionally made by locals, locally produced, or are used on an everyday …
May
01
What makes walking in Paris so wonderful is wandering its grand boulevards and exploring its elegant arcades. Amble about for an hour and you’ll understand how Paris gave birth to the flâneur, a stroller fascinated with street life, for whom sauntering the city was the best way to experience it. Depicted in the paintings of …
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