We didn’t run into a lot of Americans in Spain

The sun and beaches are a big attraction for residents of cooler, cloudier northern Europe. There are three ferries a week from Portsmouth a...

How to spend 9 weeks in Europe without losing your shirt

When I completed my contract in Mexico in December without having another one lined up, Cindy came up with the idea of taking two or three m...

A visit to Paris to meet our French cousin

Cindy, Laurent and me.  Seven or eight years ago, I got an email from one Laurent Brener, who lives in Paris and said he was a distant cousi...