The Compleat Traveller

Say, What? The Art of Kissing Fanny! One of my favourite blogs is the very eclectic Messy Nessy Chic . Vanessa, or ’Nessy’ as she ref...

Why do we do it? Is it because of the clever marketing? The fact that the portrait is the work of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest a...

View of the Luxembourg Palace and main fountain and boat pond. The Luxembourg Palace is located at 15 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arr...

Today I turn 66, ( Happy Birthday, Jim ). I am spending the day preparing for a house sitting stint for a home owner heading to Euro...

Parisian river scene  I recently returned from an almost four month extended vacation spent mostly in Greece, but with a two week side ...

I quite like how the French don’t just give you street names, but also include information about the people the streets are named for. For...

For the past six days I have been on vacation in Paris from my vacation in Greece. That is to say, my two week side trip to the City of Ligh...

Some people love Paris in spring, others in the hot, tourist crowded months of summer, and still more in the quieter, cooler weeks of a...

I have been sitting on hours of video footage from my 2012 vacation for far too long, and since I am soon to embark on another extended ...

Apollo On Ice, Palace of Versailles I must admit I was not prepared for the grandeur on display at the Palace of Versailles . The s...

I visited the Musée de l’Orangerie , in Paris during my stay in the ‘City of Lights’, in December 2010. The Museum is an art gallery of i...

Palace Hotel, Rue Bouchardon I stayed at the Palace Hotel during December 2010. Don’t be fooled by the name, though. As hotels go, this...

Flying over the Alps to Paris, France ~ So when you travel, where do you prefer to sit: window, aisle or middle seat? I am definite...

My recent viewing of Woody Allen’s latest film, Midnight in Paris , made me nostalgic for that wonderful city, and had me reminiscing a...

I have a terrible admission to make. Until I saw Woody Allen’s latest flick, Midnight in Paris last night, I can’t remember going to s...

... French photographer Tanguy Louvigny created the time-lapse film embedded below of Normandy and Brittany using High Dynamic Range (H...