Tag Archives: France

The stuff of dreams, yet real.

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Patrick W. O'Bryon

Three a.m., and the rigors of international air travel have put your internal clock at odds with sleep. You arise in the dark and step to the broad, open window. Only a horizontal rod of iron separates you from the … Continue reading →

Posted in European Travel, Travel Memoir | Tagged Ancient Rome, Cote D'Azur, Domaine Pins Paul, Eze, France, French Riviera, French travel, international air travel, Mediterranean Sea, Villefranche-sur-Mer | Leave a comment

MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE: Why Lions Never Sleep

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Patrick W. O'Bryon

It was generally accepted among the common folk in that often bleak, thousand year stretch between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance (when lions were but a distant memory in Western Europe and very rarely seen) that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal stories, European Travel | Tagged animals, cats, Chianti, Dordogne, Europe, European travel, Felines, France, French travel, Italy, lions, Panzano, San Gimignano, Spain, Spanish travel, Spoleto, Tuscany, wild animals | 4 Comments

Ghosts of Europe Past: Three More Haunting Tales

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Patrick W. O'Bryon

Our fascination with ghosts begins in our earliest years. Perhaps as children we are more open to specters lurking just beyond our everyday reality, and as adults we begin to tune them out. For the kid in you, here are … Continue reading →

Posted in European Travel, Travel Memoir | Tagged Apparitions, Bamberg, Berlin, chateaux of the loire, chateaux of the loire valley, domaine des hauts de loire, European travel, France, French Ghosts, German Ghosts, Gestapo, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Hauntings, ku damm, Loire Valley, Onzain, phantom image, phantoms, solitary woman, spooks, Spooky tales | 2 Comments

HOW TO EMBARRASS YOURSELF IN A THREE-STAR PARISIAN RESTAURANT

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Patrick W. O'Bryon

Those of you who follow my posts on traveling in Europe already know that I prefer cozy, family-run restaurants. We’ve tried the gastronomique route, with all the foam and inventive cooking techniques imaginable. And it isn’t always easy when two of your … Continue reading →

Posted in European Travel | Tagged Bois de Boulogne, European travel, France, French dining, French gourmet dining, French travel, gastronomique cuisine, Hotel de Crillon, Le Louvre, Ovo-lacto vegetarian, Paris, Parisian restaurants, Pescatarian, Place de la Concorde, Tuileries, Vegetarian in France | 8 Comments

EUROPE IN THE MORNING

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Patrick W. O'Bryon

What is it about dragging yourself out from under that down comforter, pulling on some clothes, and setting forth on foot early–not five a.m. early, but six, or six-thirty or even seven–when the sun has just begun to reclaim the … Continue reading →

Posted in European Travel | Tagged Almafi Coast, Camon, Dordogne, European travel, France, Italy, Loire, Normandy, Panzano, Provence, Rome, Trastevere, Tuscany, Umbria, Venice | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: France

The stuff of dreams, yet real.

MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE: Why Lions Never Sleep

Ghosts of Europe Past: Three More Haunting Tales

HOW TO EMBARRASS YOURSELF IN A THREE-STAR PARISIAN RESTAURANT

EUROPE IN THE MORNING

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