Europe

Pink Shutters in Locronan

Locronan is a town in the Finistère region of Brittany in north-western France.  Locronan is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The ...

Return to Camogli

On a trip to Italy last week, I returned to Camogli, a town I had last visited in 2016.  This time around, we spent the night in Nervi, about twenty ...

Mont Saint-Michel Meanders

With travel starting to open up in 2022, I booked what I thought would be a fantastic trip -- a week driving tour of Brittany, France.  We'd fly ...

Above the Douro River

I spent three days in Porto during my September 2021 visit to Portugal.  I was very impressed with Porto -- it had friendly people, good food, ...

Tram 28 and the Cathedral

I visited Portugal about one year ago, in September 2021.  I was excited to take an international trip, my first one since Covid-19 shut down ...

Stormclouds and Sunrays in Atrani

I've visited the Amalfi Coast in Italy twice now, including this past April for a spring break trip.  April is the beginning of the tourist season ...

Flowers at the Marché Bastille

During our June 2022 trip to France, we visited the Marché Bastille -- often called the best outdoor market in Paris.  Over a hundred vendors offer ...

France on Film: Au Petit Montmartre

We were meandering through the streets of Paris late one summer day in the Montmartre neighborhood, near Sacré-Cœur.  I had been enjoying shooting ...

The Yellow Scooter

We spent a week on the Amalfi coast in April of 2022.  We arrived right at the beginning of the tourist season -- April 1 -- and had great weather ...

Stampede at at Le Mont Saint-Michel!

Our summer of 2022 trip took us to France, where we visited Paris and Brittany.  We made a slight detour to Le Mont Saint-Michel, which is perhaps ...