Up to now, I really haven’t said much about the food we’ve been eating. It has been absolutely fabulous, starting with sumptuous breakfast buffets every morning. You name it, they have it: eggs, toast, croissants, pastries, deli meats, sausages and ham, cereals, and fruits of all kinds. Every hotel has been a little bit different,… Read More Eating our way to Compostela
I have returned home now, and no matter what my connections, that trip back to Hawaii is l-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-n-g! (over 24 hours). The only thing I regret is that I left my jacket at Charles de Gaulle Paris airport security, and didn’t realize it until I started getting cold on the plane. By the time I… Read More Sights and sounds of Lorraine and environs
Let me see … I left home at 7:30 pm Friday night for a five-hour flight to San Francisco. Then I had a 9 (NINE!) hour layover before taking an 11 hour flight to Paris. Then I waited two hours at Charles de Gaulle airport for the train to Lorraine, and then a bus to… Read More 30 hours to Metz
Je suis bien content de vous voir. I’m so glad to see you. The last time I was in Paris was in 2010, six years ago. It was Carl’s first trip to France, and 42 years since I studied with Marcel Dupré when I was a teenager. I can’t believe how things have changed—especially the many… Read More Bonjour, Paris!