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I was walking home from Gare de Lyon with a friend last week, zigzagging towards Seine opposite the start of Boulevard Saint Germain, and we happened upon what we have deemed the prettiest street in Paris. Rue Crémieux in the 12th arrondissement runs for just one...
My photo of Boothbay Harbor, Maine was chosen as today's "Photo of the Day" on www.whygo.com. Check it out!
This weekend, I was invited to the beautiful wedding of two close friends at the Château de Méry in Méry-sur-Oise, located about 30 kilometers or 45 minutes north of Paris on the SNCF (local train) in the Parc Vexin. With its traditional château and chapel and...
Paris is notorious for shutting down in the month of August. But there are still a number of excellent restaurants open for all or a good part of the month. Here are some of my favorites. See my Crème de la Crème list for more details on each establishment. Note:...
I am now a bit addicted to the grande randonnées, the long-distance trails known affectionately as the "GRs" that criss-cross and wind their way through France and along its land and sea borders. After finishing the GR20 in Corsica over the July 14 weekend, I could...
Looking for something unique to do during your stay in Paris? I can no longer stand to visit a city and see tourist site after tourist site, shuttling myself from monument to monument and above all without knowing the stories behind them. Walking tours are a...
Six days before my 3Xth birthday, my trusted hiking buddy and I completed what may have been my greatest physical challenge yet (edging out the 2002 Boston Marathon only by the narrowest margin): the 90 or so mountainous kilometers of the southern GR 20 (long distance...
I make it back to the U.S. two or three times a year: for Christmas and once or twice in the spring or fall, planned around a wedding, funeral or reunion (or oftentimes two or more of these events grouped together). Last month was my first visit to the U.S. in four...
