Last week when I posted about gallery walls, a few of you asked if Colleen and I would show the art pieces that we got in Europe.  Of course we will!  For whatever reason, I had a hell of a time trying to find art in England and Ireland that was reasonable and not prints.

So I have been meaning to write this post for the past few weeks but as is customary in my imperfect world, I am just now getting around to it.  There are lots of things that I love about traveling.  I love seeing beautiful buildings and landscapes, learning interesting things about history, and eating as

After Provence, we were pretty exhausted and were looking forward to some time of leisure on the coast.  When I first saw the water during our train ride, I almost gasped because it was so blue.  Just unreal.  We stayed in Nice for three days and took one day trip to Eze and Monaco.  And

Provence.  Oh how we loved Provence.  The food, the people, the unbelievable scenery.  I could have happily stayed there forever, eating pizza on our balcony as the sun went down and wandering the streets with ice cream.  We stayed in Saint Remy in Le Castille des Alpilles and I can’t recommend them enough.  We became

Versailles was everything we thought it would be.  Dripping in gold, with endless chandelier lined hallways and luxurious fabrics covering most surfaces.  The gardens were lush and enormous, and made me feel a little like I was in the middle of the maze.  But to be honest, we soon tired of the opulence (both our

For our first day trip from Paris, we rented a car and headed for Mont St Michel, a tidal island off the coast of Normandy.  Corey had his crowning driving achievement, somehow getting us through Paris morning traffic alive.  Once we arrived in Mont St Michel, I’ve never felt more like I was in a