We took a few minutes to unpack and then with the help of a map, decided to find some of the Van…

With my focus on Van Gogh in Arles, I had given scant attention to the history of the place. But soon, in…

Once aboard, we found our assigned seats, stowed our luggage, got out our magazines and then felt ourselves gently gliding out of…

We got up before the wake-up call. Had the buffet breakfast in the hotel to save time. It was fine. French breakfasts…

Tomorrow we would be taking the Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) from Gare de Lyon directly down to Arles with no changes…

We got off the bateau mouche and it was after 11 o’clock. The perfect time to head over to the Champs Élysées.…

Finally we made it to the bateaux mouches. We paid our fare, got a seat on the open upper deck and in…

Somewhere on these pages I’m going to make a list of all the things we didn’t see in Paris. That really is…

I had read about the area of Canal Saint-Martin and Belleville in the east end of Paris and wanted to go there.…

But that was just the upper floor of the Orangerie. Down below, another series of elegant galleries house the Jean Walter and…