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Whenever I travel, I try to fit in as much as possible.  I don’t like to stand out like a sore thumb as a tourist.  By definition I am a tourist, though I prefer to think of myself as a…

I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t know where the Eiffel Tower is.  Or to go a step further, anyone who says they don’t like the Eiffel Tower.  Yet, when it was first built there was much resistance…

Thanks for your questions.  Though some of them were answered through email, I will share the posted questions with you. Sognatrice wants to know "If you were teleported to Italy right this second, what’s the first thing you would do?"…

Well, lately a few readers have been asking me some questions.  I thought it may be fun (yeah, here we go with the *fun* again) to do a post where you ask me questions.  I have seen these meme’s where…

After 2 weeks, 48 comments, over 67 entries and a new total of 65 subscribers, the day has finally arrived.  First, a big thank you to all of those who participated! It was a raving success!  I got the opportunity…

Well, 24 hours and counting.  This is your last chance to enter the contest.  You can enter thru tomorrow, November 9th at midnight sharp!  Leave your *entry* on the original post here, and I will be picking and announcing the…

In the US, when we think Pharmacy, we think Rite Aid or CVS, with aisles and aisles of everything from drugs, to cards, to soda, to garbage bags to Sponge Bob key chains.  In Europe, the Pharmacie is much smaller…

Again, with my research in hand and my list tucked nicely away in my bag, we head off to try a wine bar in the 10th called Le Verre Volé, which translates to the stolen glass.  It is a tiny…

On my first visit to Paris, one of the *many* things on my to-do list was a stroll along the Canal Saint- Martin.  This was not because I had heard about it, or read about it.  No, it was really…