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
Category: Slow Lane
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
The day after a man stole her suitcase at Charles DeGaulle Airport, Devon picked out a blue nightgown in a Paris department store. On the […] Read More
When Kathy and I set out for a week in Paris with our grand-daughter we wanted to do something really special for her. Who would […] Read More
Devon has become quite proficient with her magic wand, though she has not yet succeeded in turning me into a toad. This is our final […] Read More
When Devon got stuck in a subway turnstile this morning, the next passenger in line, an older woman, inserted her ticket and whisked Devon through […] Read More
Devon picked out her fanciful new Paris outfit this morning, figuring it might help her get chosen as the magician’s assistant. Somehow, to my surprise, […] Read More
I picked our Paris apartment by happenstance. Visitors had left positive reviews on homeaway.com. It was a good bit less pricy than comparable places in […] Read More
Things have been lively in our Paris rental apartment, a block from the Saint Placide Metro stop in a lively corner of the city’s 6th […] Read More