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An Apartment in Paris: a great base for a week-long visit

Martha and I, like many travelers, are drawn to Paris and seem to return there more often than to any other European city. On a recent 3-week trip to France, we spent our first week in Paris. ...

Norman landscapes along the Seine

by Deanna Palic, Contributing Editor While I was contemplating where to go for my 2005 vacation, an invitation to travel as a guest of Peter Deilmann Cruises on their new Seine River program solved my dilemma. Scheduled cruises included sailings from Paris to Rouen, Rouen to Paris and Paris to Paris, all enjoying the same ports ...

Better Travel Photography » Picture your unique story

When we return from an adventure, we count on photographs to tell the story and convey the excitement and the feeling of the place we’ve been. But often we end up with “George in front of the Eiffel Tower,” “George beside the Blue Danube,” “George riding on a camel,” “George staring into the camera”. . ...

Touring the English countryside plus a bird’s-eye view of London

by June L. Griffin, Lewiston, ME August 2004 was the ideal time for my week’s visit to the beautiful English countryside, includings the Cotswolds, which offer some of the loveliest scenery in the country. Making arrangements There are several ways to reach this region. One way is to take a train from London to Oxford and then a ...

February in Paris — a perfect time for a family visit

by Yvonne Michie Horn, Santa Rosa, CA “Je voudrais pasta avec fromage, s’il vous plait.” Eight-year-old Taylor, who at home is highly suspicious of anything stranger on her plate than noodles with cheese, had practiced her dining-out phrase to perfection. Her brother, 12-year-old Max, on the other hand, was ready to try anything, with one exception: ...

A great restaurant for a ’splurge’

To celebrate an anniversary or a spouse’s birthday while traveling overseas, have you ever decided to hang the expense and really “splurge” on a meal? We asked those of you who did so — and found that it was worth every euro, pound or whatever — to write in about the experience. In addition to the ...

Tips for the Solo Traveler: creating engaging photos

by Linda Ledray Q: Traveling alone, I find it hard to get pictures that I want to look at more than once, and I am sure they bore my friends, so I have quit bringing them out to show, altogether. It seems like a waste of time and money, but I can’t just stop taking pictures. ...