Here are four more special moments recalled from my travels over the past 15 or 20 years. Some I knew were special at the time, but others are incidents that...

  Parisians have had an awful winter, but these last two days have been absolutely beautiful with clear skies and afternoon temperatures in the 70s. Almost literally overnight, the trees...

DAVIS, CALIFORNIA–This was an interesting trip in several different ways.   First, both the Southwest Chief taking me to Chicago and the California Zephyr that brought me here to Davis,...

Assuming you’re a passenger rail enthusiast, you can click here for a story about two new high-speed lines that just went into service in France. One is a 187-mile run...

My last night in Montsoreau was a delight. I invited Françoise to dinner at a restaurant just down the street from the three guestroom B&B she owns and runs. She...

Montsoreau is one of the villages in France recognized as being unique and special and, more than anything else, old. It’s located on the banks of the river Loire and...

UPDATE: My computer problems seem to be dissipating all by themselves, so I am cautiously optimistic that I’ll be able to continue with these posts. At any rate, we shall...

It seems to me that the French could do a bit more to accommodate tourists. I was chatting with two delightful young ladies at the front desk of my hotel...

PARIS–My hotel here is typical of the small, Parisian hotels, of which there are many thousands, I’m sure. This one has perhaps 30 rooms on six floors; they are reached...

PARIS–I went on the internet the night before leaving Boston to see how crowded my American Airlines flight to Paris the next day was going to be. Surprise! I didn’t...