“We’ll always have Paris,” Rick said to Ilsa in Casablanca…while Barb said to Ray…”We’ll never have another November 2017, so…
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Europe
A hidden treasure in Menton, France
If you followed my old blog, you know that Menton, France, is one of my happy places. I need to…
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I could blame it on the SWISS
I could blame it on the Swiss…but I won’t. I love Switzerland! Everything about it makes me happy…the people, the…
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Blame it on the Dutch
One of the nicest things about having an “old” blog is that I can borrow from it, and that is…
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A room with a VIEW- NH Collection Palacio de Aranjuez.
One of my favorite cities in Spain is Aranjuez. It is fairly close to Madrid (about 45 minutes by train)…
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A quick overview of our trip to Spain
Any wedding anniversary is special, but a 13th anniversary is without a doubt extremely special when you are a woman…
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My version of packing- it begins with the shoes
When I moved to Switzerland many years ago, I moved with overweight luggage (I almost had a meltdown when we…
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Mr L would be shocked!
It should have been Russian. In high school, Russian was offered in the language department. As far back as I can…
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The elimination has begun
A few years ago, on my other blog I wrote a post on AARP magazine (the link does not direct…
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