Homemade Lemon Cake

My last trip out of my country was months ago, but some things stick with you. My favorite thing to do when I am traveling is to drive arou...

I have highlighted some of the better known villages in the Perigord Noir, but truly, there are dozens of them that are really gorgeous to ...

First and foremost, if you are ever in Cologne, it is imperative that you buy a museum pass, because not only will it save you money when ...

We were going to Bonn for a meeting that my husband was attending, and were momentarily taken aback when it is constantly referred to as t...

 This was a great restaurant, our favorite out of a number of really good restaurants on our recent trip to the Rhine region of Germany.  ...

 We have not had what you might all spectacular food on previous trips to Germany, but all of that changed with this trip.  We ate at four...

This picture is from a bakery that we visited on our last morning in Porto.  It was fascinating to watch a whole crew of bakers churn out ...

 We stayed at a wonderful quinta in the Duoro Valley on our recent trip to Portugal, and the most extraordinary meal that we had was at th...

 My husband and I took literally hundreds of photos during our walking vacation in the Cotswolds that all looked pretty much exactly the s...

 This was our favorite restaurant of our recent trip to England. Which was filled with great restaurants, so that is saying something.  Th...

This is a two Michelin star restaurant that if they ask me, I will recommend the stars be kept.  The restaurant is in a hotel which gives ...

 This restaurant was right down the block from our rented apartment, and we knew about it in two ways.  The woman who we rented the apartm...

I did an exercise in thinking about my personal priorities and then using those things that are important to me to future plan.   ...

I have wanted to go to Pompeii for ages, and now that my youngest is immersed in ancient Roman and Greek civilizations, I felt like I had ...

The Gothic Quarter is the heart of old Barcelona, a medieval city built upon Roman foundations Most of the buildings are from the 14th and...

My recent trip to Barcelona was a very short one, and I had two goals; eat modernist cuisine the Catalan way and to walk everywhere so tha...

There are two distinctive and very different parts of Barcelona that draw visitors that are interested in architecture's attention.  O...

When we were recently in Barcelona we stayed in the Bari Gotic--it is not the neighborhood with all the upscale famous restaurants, but ...

You have to love this place--Gaudi had the idea to create what would have essentially been a gated and planned community in the hill over...

When I discovered that most of the top tier fancy Barcelona restaurants are closed Sundays and Mondays, I got some really good tips on whe...