The Mediterranean Diet Myth
Much has been written about The Mediterranean Diet and usually the focus is on how much red wine you can drink without feeling ashamed. Occasionally, they mention increasing your consumption of eggplant […]
Category Archives: Travel
Manarola – another pearl on the Ligurian coast
We stayed in Manarola this year and it was so wonderful to see the city different times of the day. It was rainy during our stay but that didn’t dampen […]
Staying in Manarola – La Torretta
If you want to feel like a princess make sure you stay at La Torretta on your next visit to Manarola. Well, first of make sure that Manarola, part of […]
Tuscany
Biarritz
We spent the last of our summer vacation last year driving around France. A three-week road trip from Lille in the North to Biarritz on the Atlantic side to Cap d’Agde on […]
Corniglia – one of the five pearls in Cinque Terre
Corniglia is a town for billy goats. If your feet hurt just thinking about climbing 382 steps don’t get off at the train station. This year, we met a sweet couple with […]
Lover’s Lane
We are getting ready for Easter Vacation which will take us south this year. After a years absence we will be revisiting Manarola for three wonderful days. We spent most of our […]
Das Boot Messe – Dusseldorf
It’s convention season in Germany, the slow and quiet period between Christmas and spring. Over a month ago, we went to Dusseldorf to check out the “Boot Messe”. I am […]
Hirtsals Harbor
You can see the seagulls hovering over the boat – but if you look closely I think it looks like they have attacked the building.
Choppy waters at the North Sea beach
It’s easy to forget that Scandinavian has sandy beaches, although I wouldn’t be swimming here in late October.
Bunker Museum in Emden
The city of Emden has a rich history. During the middle ages, it was a wealthy port until a catastrophic flood diverted the Ems River outside of town. As far as the […]
Flea market finds from France
La Braderie de Lille was amazing. We didn’t get half way through all the streets because there were many more than what they had on the map. […]
