Step One: Learn at Your Own Pace. Try DuoLingo. This is not an ad; it is just a dynamite free app. It can be installed on a computer,...

Rain is not usually welcome on our travels, but sometimes it fits the occasion. A September visit to the historic WWII beaches in...

You’re at point A and want to go to point B. What’s easiest means of getting there? What’s the most affordable? Or the fastest...

So many people—women especially—say they can’t limit themselves to a carry-on bag. But most typical two-week trips, often longer, can be...

“He would travel happily must travel light.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry I agree. Carry-on is the only way to go. Okay, with some...

I wish I'd read that Leonardo da Vinci biography before visiting Clos Lucé. However, it reminded me how a wide range of books can...

Books inform our travel. And not just travel guides. Having just finished Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson I was reminded how reading...

Confession #1 of a (hopefully short) series of travel misadventures! Mishaps happen. When living in France, it was an easy three-hour hop...

Once upon a time, a little white dog named Folly joined my husband and me in his idea of paradise: France. Here pups are pampered and...