The heavy velvet curtains billowed into the windows of the café as another purple-tinged flash of lightning serrated the sky. Below us the street flowed like a dirty river. Candy-striped … Continue reading Copenhagen in the Rain
Category: Europe
Moorish Castles and Wheelie Bags
Ostensibly, I was in Portugal for a wedding. A friend from San Francisco had invited me to be her ‘plus one’ at what turned out to be an exceptionally indulgent wedding in Sintra, a small, historic town just outside Lisbon. We dipped in to check out Sintra’s attractions on our way to the wedding venue from Lisbon and again on our way back. (more…)
Champagne & shopping in Paris
GoosterontheLoose is now blogging from a little closer to home than usual. There will be more South American stories to follow; for now, a tiny titbit from the land of … Continue reading Champagne & shopping in Paris
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