Travel

Travel planning and destinations, travel wardrobes and trip recaps.

  • Claridge’s…like no place else

    This review of Claridge’s Hotel in London is entirely unsolicited and I have received no compensation or consideration.  “…not that I intend to die, but…

  • au revoir Paris…

    As always, our visit is over too soon! The weather these few days has probably been the best we’ve ever experienced in Paris, and we are…

  • preview: an afternoon avec amies

    This is going to be just a little teaser, as we’re down to our last day in Paris and I’ve promised le Monsieur that I’ll be off…

  • worth the investment

    I’ve received a few inquiries from readers who want to know what travel wardrobe items are “worth” spending a little more on. As I’ve mentioned…

  • room with a view…Paris!!

    Our train arrived in Paris mid-afternoon. We checked into our hotel and hit the ground running. They’d run out of food on the train and…

  • sips of Bordeaux

    With the warm weather of the last few days (and predicted for the remainder of our trip) my top priority yesterday was to find a…

  • room with a view…Bordeaux

    We arrived in Bordeaux Sunday morning, dropped our luggage at the B&B, had a quick cup of coffee while the owner marked up our map with…

  • room with a view…London

    We arrived in London mid-afternoon Thursday, and first thing on the agenda was a blogger meet-up of course! Le Monsieur was feeling under the weather and decided…

  • tot ziens, Amsterdam

      As I write this, we’ll be heading to the airport shortly. Next stop London! Can’t believe our Amsterdam leg is over so quickly. I’ll…