[July 2023] After taking a break at a friend’s house in Avon, a town next to Fontainebleau in France, our friend and her husband took us to a village called Samois-sur-Seine along the Seine River….

[July 2023] After a satisfying lunch in Fontainebleau, France, we split up with a couple who were rushing ahead and headed to the palace with a friend who lives locally. Fontainebleau is famous for its…

[July, 2023] We arrived at our destination, Fontainebleau, in just over an hour from Gare de Lyon in Paris, France. As soon as we got off the train, there was a loud thunder and soon…

[July 2023] The next morning in Paris, France, we went out to eat breakfast around 6:30am. Since we don’t eat a lot in the morning, we often choose hotel plans that don’t include breakfast. And…

[July 2023] This time in Paris, France, we stayed at a three-star hotel called Color Design Hotel. It bothered me a little that the receptionist was being so nice only to my husband, but oh…

[July 2023] On our last  two trips to Paris, France, we encountered a lot of troubles in a row, including demonstrations and a general strike, but this was our third time lucky and we were…

[June 2023] After a trip to not well known towns in the Tuscany region of Italy, we returned to Florence. Our booked Freccia Rossa from Florence was just before 7pm, and we had a few…

[June 2023] We had lunch after visiting the main tourist attractions in Certaldo in the Tuscany region of Italy. We had been curious about Enoteca Boccaccio, which is located across the street from the Boccaccio…

[June 2023] The names I learned as a child remain somewhere in the back of my mind, and the poet Boccaccio is one of them. Certaldo, in the Tuscany region of Italy, where we stayed,…