The weather has been mild, making for pleasant strolls and sight-seeing, witnessing Parisians rising again and dusting themselves off. At dinner tonight, we were seated at a window table at Le Servan. I noticed a little boy on rollerblades being quickly pushed across the street by an adult. When they made it safely across, the little boy happened…

A makeshift memorial has been established at Place de la Republique. “Paris does not yield to fear”:  

We arrived in Paris early this morning, not knowing what to expect four days after a cowardly terrorist attack killed 130+ pe0ple and seriously injured 300+. As usual, our plan was to head straight to our rented apartment and nap for a few hours before getting up to wander our beloved Paris. However, we flung open…

A brief visual summary of our time in the south of France: chasing markets and the ancient Romans!

We drove to Avignon on Monday the 22nd. In the 14th century, Avignon was the seat of the Papacy, the French king having convinced the Vatican upon the election of the first French pope to move the seat to France from the Vatican. This caused a massive rift in the Catholic church at the time,…