Heather and Stephanie stop at Eguisheim, a village along the Route des Vins d'Alsace.
Author - Heather Stimmler
Here's a short peek at one of our very favorite villages in Alsace, Riquewihr.
The first day of our trip to Alsace was spent in Colmar and the neighboring village of Turckheim.
Heather & Fred and the twins spend a week in Auvergne at the farmhouse of friends Cécile, Gaston and Zoë. We go mushroom picking, mountain biking (with a boost), visit local villages, buy (and eat) lots of cheese, and learn how they've been making wine in...
Heather takes you on a walk through the newly opened museum at the historic Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library), featuring treasures collected by the Kings of France and the French State for over 350 years. It's not just books!
Heather's visit of La Galerie Dior, the museum of the famous couture house opened in Paris in spring 2022.
This past weekend Fred and I went on a two-day group bike tour about an hour southwest of Paris to visit a series of tiers-lieux, literally “third spaces” between work and home, which are a type of multi-purpose community cooperatives that have become very...
Heather spends an afternoon checking out the newly renovated Musée Cluny, the National Museum of the Middle Ages. The verdict? It's essentially a cleaner, modernized version of the old museum, but what it's lost in character it's gained in comfort (like air...
The night before the second round of the 2022 French Presidential Elections, Fred comes out of hibernation to explain to some American visitors at a very boisterous Ground Control (Paris, 12th) the basics of who Marine Le Pen is and why she's been able to get...
After over 15 years of renovations, La Samaritaine has finally reopened. Here's what it looks like. Read my commentary for more info.
The Maison Victor Hugo in the Place des Vosges (Marais) reopened after over a year of renovations.
In this latest video, Fred and I discuss the various nicknames the French have for Americans, but also go off on tangents about chewing gum, Sylvester Stallone puppets, cheese monkeys, Fred's grandparents during WWII, and "freedom".
