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Paris, Once Again (Kind of) Unlimited

Parisians often talk about their desire to leave Paris. Not forever, per say, but for the weekend or for their holidays. The “Parisian stress” is a phrase I’ve frequently heard from many as a catch-all term to try and explain certain unpleasant issues or perplexing problems (like my cardiologist did at one point regarding my high blood pressure. I just shrugged.).  So after two months of le confinement, once restrictions were loosened in May, many Parisians did what they had been...

A First Post in the Time of Covid

I am starting a blog focused on my travel experiences during a global pandemic that has basically placed the entire world on hold. Travel of any kind, for me at least, has suddenly become a distant dream, an aspiration, something that I now hope to be able to do again “one day.” For someone whose constant thoughts and ruminations almost always inevitably gravitate toward travel in some way, this is an incredibly difficult thing to accept and adapt to.  Let...