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...

For years, I never bought travel insurance. But as I’ve gotten old and creaky, it makes sense to insure against getting sick or hurt far from home. That could certainly...

Well, I made it. Comfortably, as it turned out, but with plenty of stress and some remarkable support.   I left my little Parisian hotel at 5:15 yesterday morning, nipped...

I’m going to be on the east coast in June and am working on an itinerary for a couple of weeks in Italy after that.  It’s a good thing I...