To celebrate the week between Memorial Day and D-Day – June 6, I’ve decided to re-visit some of the World War II sites my husband and I saw on our trip to Europe one year ago. This week I will be focusing on the Normandy area in France; I’ll cover sites in other countries at […]
Posts from May 2016
Quote of the Week – 27 May 2016
“Paris was all so… Parisian. I was captivated by the wonderful wrongness of it all – the unfamiliar fonts, the brand names in the supermarket, the dimensions of the bricks and paving stones. Children, really quite small children, speaking fluent French!” ― David Nicholls, Us
The Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris
Many cathedrals or churches, plus a popular university, bear the name, Notre Dame, but one of the oldest and arguably, the most well-known, is the cathedral in Paris, France. The cathedral is located on the Île de la Cité, one of the two small islands in the middle of the Seine River. Construction began over 850 years […]
Quote of the Week – 20 May 2016
“Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that’s always changing!” ― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
From Tsukiji (fish) to Yuzawaya (yarn) – Shopping in Tokyo
Shopping is one of the most popular activities for tourists in Tokyo. Japanese shopping can be very different than what we experience here. Tokyo has department stores; it has some of the same name brand stores that we see here or in Europe, but there are also many differences. Tsukiji Fish Market One of the first places we […]
Quote of the Week – 13 May 2016
“Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don’t talk in English and don’t even want to.” Thornton Wilder, Our Town
Tokyo’s Gardens, Temples, and Shrines
Tokyo, Japan, is the largest urban area in the world and hosts 26 of the 51 busiest train stations. Shinjuku, coming in at number 1, was the station nearest the apartment that we rented during our recent visit to Japan. To provide a respite for the busy-ness of the city, Tokyo has beautiful gardens, temples, and […]
Quote of the Week – 6 May 2016
“Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.” – Unknown
Enjoying Japanese Cuisine
The title may be a bit misleading – cuisine sounds expensive and beyond our budget – but the food we ate on our recent trip to Japan was so delicious that many may classify it as cuisine. None of the meals topped $25 per person and some were less than half of that but we enjoyed […]