The Panchakarma therapy(Ayurveda way of detoxification and rejuvenation) that I have been doing the last 3 days really has exhausted me…but more on all of that later cuz I am energized now after returning from a beautiful experience on the banks of Mother Ganga (or Ganges). The 7 day therapy package here at Hemadri Ayurveda Centre in…
I have just arrived in Rishikesh. I am 6 hours north west of New Delhi. Here I will spend 7 days at an Aryuvedic treatment center. My accommodations are quite modest..which means I had to hunt all over town for the one wifi connection. But frankly, I am okay with that. I probably don’t need Google for…
I have been in India 24 hours. As I write, my driver, Ali (Muslim not Hindu), is maneuvering the obstacles of the streets of Delhi. We are in route to one of the World’s Wonders, the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra. It is 6am, but the streets are buzzing. Outside is a constant…
Since I have arrived here over 17 months ago, I have eaten 1, 326 baguettes. Which, if you do the math, means I have consumed on average 2.5 baguettes a day! …Ehr, so don’t do the math, it only shows I am exaggerating. BUT I have done my best to uphold the unwritten 4th part…
It is true, I returned from my Croatian escapade over 2 weeks ago. Perhaps after a post-holiday illness and a house guest who stayed for 7 days some might think I wouldn’t take the time to capture this Dalmatian Coast get-away. Too much time has past, non? Yeah, that did cross my mind too. However, as the…
If I am to be honest, having been married to a World War II buff, I always envisioned that I would witness Normandy for the first time with Dan. That we would walk the Normandy beaches together. That he would recount to me some of the great stories of heroism that took place on those beachheads, and…
My quartier is becoming a ghost town as all my chic, well-healed neighbors head out to find sand and sun. Apartment shutters are closed tight. Store fronts are locked down with just a note on the window detailing their réouverture. The vacations of August are upon us. This is one of my favorite times in Paris. Sure…
So, as expected, my boss is pretty upset with me that I didn’t get this follow-up post published sooner…phfff….pero mejor tarde que nunca. Oops, wrong language! In trouble again! But you get the picture…here goes: Time, not absence, makes the heart grow fonder. And the title of this blog should really be called, “I Double…
Clearly most of my adventures this year have been about taking my palette to a different level versus, say, surviving sandstorms with the Bedouin in the Sahara. Not that there is anything wrong with that. L’Arte de Vivre was honed here in France…and food and wine is so much a part of that tradition. And can’t…
Life tends to be full of surprises. If one month ago you would have asked me if I was planning a trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, the answer would have been most assuredly, “No.” If you would have told me that I would be eating at the crown jewel of the culinary world and declared best…
