Join me in imagining you have awoken on a small private boat…… As you step out into the dewy French morning air you note how quiet it is and see that the lights still illuminate the nearby cathedral. The boulangerie will

Loch Ness. There is an allure that the mysterious 755-foot-deep loch holds. As one of, if not THE, best-known lakes in the world, she conjures images of ancient monsters and castle ruins. As a part of our summer trip to

There is peace, coupled with sadness, that cannot be denied when visiting Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. Reminders of World War 2’s infamous D-Day are easily spotted in the bomb-marked landscape, which is now blanketed in soft green grass. The

Just outside of the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris a beautiful café, called Le Metivier, stands in stark contrast to the dreary, yet romantic home for many well-known deceased Parisiennes. In 2002, hungry after a wander through the cemetery my parent’s

Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Degas, Picasso, Matisse. There is no other city where you can rub shoulders with such a variety of famous artists. As a fine art major at Arizona State University these were the pieces we read about,

Edinburgh is alive. With history. With art. With entertainment. You’ll find a story intertwined with every close, street, and building. The bagpipers playing on street corners ring in the tune of her past and her present, sometimes beautiful, sometimes frightening,