It seems there were no architects before the 18th century. That isn’t quite true, but in going about France and Switzerland looking at buildings, it is starting in the 1700s…

Or almost. The vivid and smoke-free skies of yore, yes, but now you can’t swim in Odell Lake, for heaven’s sake. And it had taken me some resolve to decide…

Heading back north now, I wanted to linger in the countryside a bit before it began to be urbanized. I had about 390 miles to go to my next hotel,…

    France is known for “shutting down” for the month of August. Perhaps it is not so prevalent as in years past, but I have been unable to go…