Châteaux, Rivers & Wine. This is the theme of my first ever river cruise. This came about because my mother really wanted to do this cruise and I was lucky enough to be able to tag along. First the details: This was on Viking River cruises, starting in Bordeaux cruising to Cadillac, Libourne, Bourg & [...]
Its Paris Day!!!! So if you have read any of my previous posts, you may have grasped that Paris is my favorite city in the world (of the ones I have see so far. I do have a couple of bucket list trips coming up, so we will see after that!). That being said, since [...]
In the midst of outrage over Starbuck's cups, we are brutally reminded of what is really important. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Paris tonight. Paris is my favorite city in the world and I am devastated tonight. I have no wise words to explain away this senseless tragedy, or any other [...]
Ok, I admit it. I don't like war movies. I've never seen Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, or any of those sort of movies. I am sure that they are absolutely unbelievable gems of the cinema, they are just not my style. So when mom suggested we move from rue Cler to L'Hôtel national des [...]
Waking up the next morning, I did not feel awesome at all. But I was unwilling to waste any more time in Paris. This was already a short trip and I didn't want to spend any more of it in our apartment. We decided to do a self-guided walk from Rick Steve's book, rue Cler [...]
