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Traveling With Children on the Eurostar and TGV 27 Oct 2007 | 08:30 am
Successfully travelling with a baby requires two key elements: patience and fore planning. I recently bought tickets for the TGV and the Eurostar and was surprised by their policy on children’s ticket...
The Most Beautiful Villages in France 25 Oct 2007 | 08:00 am
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France is an organization that brings together 151 villages throughout France. The whole idea started out as a book by Charles Ceyrac, who at the time was Mayor of Collonges...
5 Books to Help You Lean Travel French 23 Oct 2007 | 08:00 am
What do I mean by “travel French”? A basic level of French that will enable you to communicate simple questions and needs (where is the metro?, how much is this?, etc.) but also start you off on the r...
5 Cool Things About Ireland’s Blarney Castle 20 Oct 2007 | 09:30 am
Like many travelers to Ireland, I assumed that 600-year old Blarney Castle was nothing more than a silly tourist trap and was not worth the visit. I almost neglected to go, but was on my way to nearby...
Explore Paris Through Blogs 18 Oct 2007 | 09:00 am
Exploring a city through blogs is a great way to find new locations, twists and turns that may not be in your guide books and also a good way to get a feel for a city, if it’s your first time visiting...
The Catacombs in Paris 17 Oct 2007 | 09:30 am
Paris has many famous burial sites. One is the Catacombs, a network of tunnels and chambers located underneath Paris, which are used as a mass burial site. A Bit of History Previously used as Roman ...
3 Beautiful Cathedrals in Florence, Italy 17 Oct 2007 | 09:00 am
Florence, Italy always reminds me of Sandra Bullock’s movie While You Were Sleeping. Since I’ve never been there (and this post is more out of jealousy than anything else), I’m imagining which cathedr...
Visiting the Gibraltar Monkeys 17 Oct 2007 | 08:30 am
Monkeys may not outnumber the human residents in Gibraltar, but they are certainly what the tourists come to see in this English sovereignty that hangs off the southern tip of Spain. The macaques are ...
Las Escobas: Spain’s Oldest Restaurant in Sevilla 16 Oct 2007 | 09:30 am
There’s no lovelier surprise than stumbling upon a little gem of a restaurant while on your travels through Spain. Las Escobas’ (Calle Alvarez Quintero), claim to fame is that it is the longest contin...
Visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome 16 Oct 2007 | 09:00 am
The Basilica of St. Peter, commonly called St. Peter’s Basilica or Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano in Italian, is the most prominent building in Vatican City and covers an area of 5.7 acres and has...
