A bullet train from Montparnasse Station whisks our family threesome out of Paris. Leaving rural villages and rolling countryside behind, we arrive at Gare St-Jean in Bor...
I had never experienced the West Indies, although I had explored many of the Caribbean islands in both the eastern and western regions. Viking Ocean Cruises offers the pe...
Chet Baker streams from a Bluetooth speaker as I step into de Cornelia, Skipper Jeroen Hagen’s open sloop. Jeroen, owner of Haarlem Canal Tours, is a lifelong Harlemmer w...
It always amazes me how we humans can regard the same thing from such different viewpoints. Some of us marvel at things that others may disregard. Some of us find beauty...
It was a rainy winter day. I hadn’t slept much the night before, having had afternoon tea with friends and forgetting that caffeine would keep me awake all night! When I...
Giving Back As we grow older and step into the role of elders in our society, we have much to be thankful for. Throughout our lives, we have benefited from countless char...