My parents gave me the best Christmas present: Memories, molded into stories. My father loved the holiday traditions of his German childhood. He was baptized […] Read More
Category: Adventurer’s Index
In a way, we didn’t find the town of Dinard. It found us. I’d spent hours in November looking through HomeAway apartments in Brittany, a […] Read More
Kathy drove. I rode shotgun, tracking maps and GPS. Given that I’ve fondly called Kathy my ‘map nut’ these many years, let’s just say this […] Read More
DINARD, France — It took me four tries and 15 minutes to log onto the Wifi in our stately, spacious apartment in this Brittany beach […] Read More
CHAMONIX, France — Let’s be honest: Most trips come with some bumps. This one started inauspiciously on July 21 when a broken luggage-loading conveyor belt […] Read More
Some cities just get a bad rap; none more than Baltimore. No question the city has struggled with corrupt politics, drugs and violence. But that’s […] Read More