Crossing the Mississippi! Woke up this morning thinking cold, dark, coffee, bathroom. Snug in my bedding, wedged in with my stuff, I circled mentally until something had to happen.  Janet’s…

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…

Serendipity led us to the most famous place in Iowa. And they say there is a covered bridge four miles down the lane from here. I had planned a very…

Troy has that timeless, Brigadoon quality, or maybe it was just my timing. I never did see Old Priam again, and the town was almost deserted. I do think it…