Moving to Morocco, Part 3: Arrival
Moving to Morocco, Part 3: Arrival The alarm was an unwelcome intruder into my dreamless sleep. I did somehow manage to sleep, cockroach carcasses be damned! The bedroom was too…
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Moving to Morocco, Part 2
Moving to Morocco, Part 2: Departure “I’ve opened a new bank account and signed a lease on an apartment.” This is how I learned of my separation. 22 years of…
Moving to Morocco, Part 1
Moving to Morocco, Part 1 Cockroaches. This was the first thing I saw when I entered what what to become my home for at least the next year. I was…
Top 10 Questions About Morocco
Morocco. What images come to mind when you hear that name? Do you think of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman? Or maybe camels crossing the Sahara, the steady beat of…
Three Perfect Days in Iceland
The rumors are true: Iceland is insanely expensive. However, the other rumors are also true: Iceland is one of the most breathtakingly, beguilingly beautiful places on Earth. I say that…
10 Things Your Flight Attendants Wish You Knew
I Have Been on Literally Thousands of Flights Yes, thousands. I was a flight attendant for a major airline for five years. I figure that means I've been on roughly…
Live Like a Local in Provence and Avoid The Dreaded Crowds
Avignon's Palais des Papes in the Blue Hour Ah, Provence! Lavender fields, sunflowers, vineyards and their delicious wines, blue sky…what’s not to love? I’ll tell you what’s not to love:…
Speeding to the South of France
As the TGV (France's high-speed train) pulled out of the Gare du Nord station, I breathed a sigh of relief, both that we had gotten on the right train and…
A 3-Day Adventure in Paris, Part 2
Only 300 More Miles To Go... Days 2 and 3 in Paris definitely consisted of lots more walking, and by the time we boarded our TGV to Avignon, our feet…
A 3-Day Adventure in Paris, Part 1
Or, How to Walk 500 Miles in 3 Days Three days in Paris. Three days in a city with more museums than I can count, a city where cafes spring…
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