A cheese picnic near Utah Beach
What's the best way to get to known four famous Norman cheeses—Camembert de Normandie, Livarot, Neufchatel, and Pont-l’Eveque? A cheese picnic. And if you're in...
Grandparenting Abroad: When You’re Old Enough I’ll Take You to Paris
Six important points of advice for fulfilling intergenerational travels, particularly for grandparents interested in traveling to Paris with a grandchild.
Photolog: An Excursion into Normandy
A photolog of a 3-day stay in Normandy, destination the Landing Zone, for a D-Day tour including stops at Pegasus Bridge, Juno Beach, Arromanches, Bayeux, the La Cambe German Cemetery, Sainte Mere Eglise, Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach and the Normandy American Cemetery.
The Natural Pleasures of WWOOFing in Europe
In April 2008 Judy and Dave Kashoff temporarily shut down their lives in the Philadelphia suburbs of Bucks County and set off for travels...
Catching the Spirit of Nice’s Winter Carnival and Menton’s Lemon Festival
Stephanie Sommers catches the spirit, the spectacle, the excitement, and the humor of the king of French Carnival celebrations in Nice and its pucker-lipped...
The burning of the King and the end of Carnival (8/8)
By Stephanie Sommers
Back safely in Nice, I again turned my attention to the Carnival, which came to an end on Sunday night. The burning...
“The Class”: Inside the Walls of French Education
Laurent Cantet’s film The Class (Entre les murs) won the prestigious Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, earning high praise for its...
Riding the post-lemon train from Menton (7/8)
By Stephanie Sommers
Another night in Menton; another great meal. Thursday my friends and I went to Menton’s night parade and fireworks display, the last...
Why I like Menton… and limoncello (6/8)
By Stephanie Sommers
Concurrent with Nice’s great Carnival that I’ve been blogging about, Menton, the pretty French town sitting between the Italian border and Monaco,...