Travel

Travel planning and destinations, travel wardrobes and trip recaps.

  • Day Two in Paris – Meandering

    Hotel de Ville – this building is actually not a hotel, but rather Paris City Hall. Pretty little park at the western end of Isle-de-la-Cite….

  • A bientot!

    We’re off! We depart today, scheduled to land in Paris Sunday morning. Happy 50th to mon mari! (Poor man, he gets to spend his birthday…

  • Traveler’s Little Helpers

    As many people asked yesterday about the packing cubes, I’m re-posting this recommendation from September of last year. Several weeks back, I posted about needing…

  • Packed and ready…

    Here’s how my capsule travel wardrobe (plus pajamas, socks and underwear) looks all packed up and ready to go into the suitcase (except for one…

  • Paris State of Mind

    We leave two weeks from tomorrow, and planning proceeds apace. We’ll arrive on Sunday morning, and leave the following Sunday morning. Seven whole days in…

  • Wherein a crazy idea becomes…

    a trip to Paris!!! Yes, that squealing sound you’re hearing is coming from une femme. We’re going to Paris in October!!! We really hadn’t been…