After my recent post about Paris, I received a few requests from readers for tips in navigating the City of Lights from a shopping perspective of a newbie. So when I had a free day to pop into the city for its annual winter sales (unlike the US when sales abound year round, European countries follow a preset period of …
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A Walk Through History
When I walk through Florence it is easy to imagine how life must have once flourished here back during the Renaissance. So much richness in all facets, from arts to literature to trades to politics to banking; you name it, they killed it. Traces of cultural wealth are still everywhere. It truly is a walk through history when you visit …
Trier, Part Two
Today’s post for Trier, Part Two, is really a tribute to this photogenic city. Walking around its cobble-stoned streets I have the impression of entering the pages of Grimms’ Fairy Tales, but without the violence or gruesomeness… Trierer Dom is the oldest Catholic cathedral in Germany. The skull of St. Helena, Emperor Constantine’s mother, is displayed in the church. Ok, …
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Düsseldorf, Part Three
I don’t know what to say about that photo, except than it’s some kind of carbs paradise! I could happily stay there for hours tasting each bread in the window… then the cookies: And the best way to work off all that dough is to spend more dough up and down the famous Königsallee (or simply Kö), which is a …
Fashion Opportunity Costs
If I had a choice of superhero powers, it wouldn’t be the ability to control weather (though that could be a very practical skill set for a road warrior like me) or to heal myself from physical injury or even to have X-ray vision. It would simply be the power to teleport myself, or even better, clone myself so that …