Sites of Paris Along the Way
June 2026 Whenever I wander the streets of Paris, I come across things that just don’t have a place in…
June 2026
Musee de la Chasse et de la Nature
June 2026 Sometimes you walk into a museum and say, I could move in here now. The Musée de la…
The Bourdelle
June 2026 Sculpture is my favorite medium when it comes to the arts, and a visit to the Bourdelle Museum…
National Museum of Natural History – Jardin des Plantes
June 2026 The Gallery of Evolution in the Jardin des Plantes is a spectacular building with exhibits that are educational,…
Museums of Fog and Medicine
June 2026 In keeping with my desire to visit museums this year, I have been attempting to brave the 90+…
Garnier Opera House
June 2026 Thanks to my friend Susan’s subscription to the Paris Opera, we got in on a very rare back-of-the-house…
The Albert Kahn Museum and Garden
June 2026 Boulogne-Billancourt Albert Kahn was a fascinating man. He was a French banker and philanthropist, known for initiating The…
Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil
June 2026 The Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil is located in the 16th arrondissement, a few minutes from the Bois de…
Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
June 2026 The church was slow in getting built. The architect Stephen Viguier planned the apse and the bell tower…
Le 19M and a Fashion Show on Canal St. Martin
Jun3 6, 2026 Le 19M houses 11 prestigious artisan houses that work for Chanel and other high-end brands. These include…
Models from the 1600s – The Invalides
June 8, 2026 The Musée des Plans-Reliefs is a museum within The Invalides. Most people go to the Invalides and…
Medieval and Magic
June 2026 The Musee Magie In keeping with my desire to see small museums in Paris this year, I visited…
Paris – Arts and Metier Museum
June 2026 Each time I spend a long time in Paris, I try to think of a list of things…
Musee Curie and The Paris Police Museum,
June 4 2026 Today threatened to rain, so two museums seemed the best way to tackle the day. Both are…
Dubrovnik – The Pearl of the Adriatic – An Introduction
May 2026 Dubrovnik was founded about 614 by Roman refugees fleeing the Slav and Avar sack of Epidaurus, just to…
Wandering The Walled City of Dubrovnik
May 2026 The Siege of Dubrovnik is key to its modern history. The Human Rights Action Committee explains the horrors…
The Road to Dubrovnik
The Walls of Mali Ston and Ston Thirty-three miles from Dubrovnik is the town of Ston. We had stopped in…
Stari Grad Plain
May 2026 A visit to the vacation island of Hvar would normally take people to the beach or the pool.…
Split’s Old Town
May 24, 2026 With over 900,000 visitors a year, it goes without saying that the town is crowded. It is…
Diocletian’s Palace
With a population of 160,000, Split is Croatia’s second-largest city and hosts 900,000 visitors a year. My destination is the…
Fortress of Klis
May 26, 2026 Tvrđava Klis (The Fortress of Klis) has a history of more than 2.000 years, beginning with the…
Mala Crljivica necropolis
May 26, 2026 I have always been fascinated with burial sites, and this was truly amazing. The site has been…
Cathedral of Saint Domnius
May 25, 2026 To understand the Cathedral, one must learn of the Diocletianic or Great Persecution, which was the last…
Walking Around Old Split
May 2026 These are just random shots of the old portion of Split. There was so much to take pictures…
The Road to Split
May 23, 2026 Kirka National Park Once you arrive in the town of Scardona, you hop on one of the…