Dispatch from Metz

Susie and I spent two days in Rheims , which wasn't at all like I had expected. Rheims is famous above all for its cathedral, which was ...

From the flat Breton countryside southwest of the Mont Saint Michel rises le Mont Dol, a rocky outrcropping that, in its form, is a small mo...

On our way to Geneva on Thursday to visit relatives, Susie and I took a little time to stroll through the old section of Annecy , capital of...

Paris's big department stores have buildings that make clear their grandeur. Last weekend Susie and I gawked at a couple of them. On th...

Across France, from the Sacré Coeur in Paris to St-Michel de l'Aguille in Le Puy, churches large and small perch on high ground. In Alsa...

This wraps up my series of posts on our visit to the Vosges du Nord and the lower country to the west. The posts included: An introduction t...

The rolling landscape west of the Vosges du Nord contains hard reminders of the tragedy of World War II, both from before the war and in its...

No matter how funny the town's name looks to Americans, Bitche holds meaning for the French as a wrenching yet noble part of their histo...