France

We came home from Paris with 9 new scarves, 6 dresses, 6 sweaters/tops and 4 coats between the 3 of us. I'm still so impressed…

The stages of Paris trip shopping grief: In the course of a few days, I went from full-blown panic that I purchased too much during…

We woke up tremendously excited to have slept well the night before. For Jackie and me, parents of toddlers, it was a revolutionary feeling to…

We're on a grand adventure! I've left darling Rob and Lucy at home and traveled to Paris with my two oldest friends: Jackie and Margaret.…

After six weeks of traveling, it was finally almost time to head back to the states. This trip had been eventful to say the least. There were…

After our day of cheese hiking with the very fancy French cows in Semnoz, Rob and I set off on a new cheese-based adventure the…

Rob coined the term "cheese hiking" to perfectly describe the experience of trekking across high alpine wildflower meadows dotted with farmhouse fromage shops. Welcome to…

It was a cloudy, but still warm day on Monday in the Haute Savoie. Perfect weather to take a paddleboat out on Lake Annecy without…

Just south of the old city in Annecy, there's a massive public green space called the "Foret Communale D'Annecy." Apparently, after decades of cutting for…

Welcome to Annecy! After our very "eventful" stay in Geneva and the French suburbs, Rob and I rented a car and drove to Annecy for…