The new year was said to begin in darkness, in the northern traditions. Last night was thus the evening when our dead could roam the earth, and we could acknowledge…
Not in the Alps, but still woke up to this! It is very rural here, and the crossing into Switzerland across the Doubs River was remote and mysterious, with snow…
Two famous women sojourned at the seat of the Ducs de Bourbon. While the duke’s castle has been reduced to one drab tower, used as a jail, the world still…
