In honor of Oktoberfest : My little Bavarians and … … my now big Bavarians.

A stretch of the Silver Water Aqueduct. Although there is grand evidence of ancient Roman civilization in the Portuguese city of Év...

We spotted this in Berlin.  Laughed out loud. Upon later research I discovered TJ Maxx calls itself TK Maxx in Europe to prevent confus...

Berlin in 1987. The last time I was in Berlin before this summer's trip was in 1987, before the wall came down.  I was very curiou...

Musée d'Orsay clock in the main hall. Since we're not big museum-goers, the Musée d'Orsay - even though it's one of t...

The Rhine River After a few days of vacation on the  Mosel River , why not head to the Rhine River?  The two scenic valleys are no more...

If you google "most charming villages in Germany" you will likely come upon a small town called Cochem on the Mosel River.  Tha...

This last year was spent entirely on getting my daughter into college.  Certainly I take no credit for her acceptance to nine top-notch U.S....

It sort of looks like a lamb, doesn't it? A dear German friend of mine baked us this traditional Osterlamm , or Easter lamb cake, l...

Love the richly adorned façade of the Westfries Museum in Hoorn, the Netherlands.  The building itself is called the Statencollege and w...

The old Arab quarter of the city of Granada in Spain is called the Albaicin (or Albayzin) and is a romantic hillside district with narro...

I like to keep the blog posts positive, but I have, on occasion, ranted about things. Well, really only about booking airline tickets . So a...

Photographed in Gruyères, Switzerland .