Paris off the beaten track! Visit any or all of these wonderful, wacky, off the tourist track museums and learn something new about this old-favorite city.
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luck or money?
Would you rather be rich or lucky? My favorite museum provides the answer. Haunted by great wealth and heartbreaking tragedy the beautiful Musee Nissim de Camondo is a Paris treasure. Conte Moise de Camondo had it all. He was the scion of one of Europe’s wealthiest banking families. Sephardic Jews, they had fled Spain in…
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wowed by the woman, wowed by her art
I met the ultimate cool girl. Isabel Miquel Arques. You know the type. Has no idea she’s the most desirable woman in the room. And not because she’s the most beautiful, but because she is the most interested. In everyone else and in everything. Of course, she has a great story and great style. Not…
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my favourite things: LYON
It is every blogger’s joy to get enthusiastic feedback and I am no different. Whether this feedback is posted in the Reply section or, as is more often the case, shared in conversation and accompanied by a glass of excellent wine, I always happy to expound. “I’d love to go there!” is the usual opening,…
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end of the road: things i learned
Hunter and I visited 12 countries in 16 days before landing in France to celebrate his birthday. The trip was, at varying times, grueling, exhausting and exhilarating. It was completely different from anything I had done before. It was also a ton of fun. Staying at airbnb’s made us feel a part of the daily…
Read Morebaltic blast
Leaving Russia, Hunter and I picked up our travel pace. We zoomed through the Baltic, spending more time on the bus than in any one place. Often lumped together, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are completely different countries. Though they did share a 20th century history. All were part of the Russian Empire, gaining independence after…
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