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We walked for about an hour through a dusty gorge in Petra, peering around each bend.  Pitted stone walls of crimson and grey towering over us like Manhattan skyscrapers.  We were here to see the fabled “Treasury Building” – a jawdropper that was made famous as the resting place for the Holy Grail by the third […]

The second day in Jordan we headed south from Petra to take a jeep ride a desert region called Wadi Rum, known for its fantastical sandstone formations.  Katherine and Carter each write about their favorite part of the experience – the camels. Katherine: As we were driving in the Jordanian dessert we came across ten camels. […]

After six months in Europe, it is time to get back on the road and see more of the world! We move now to the Middle East, starting in Jordan. We arrived at night and at a fairly nice international hotel – where guests enter through an X-ray machine! The next day the touring began […]

We had walked by the Chanel windows a hundred times.  The boutique was right next door.  Katherine and I often paused to admire the beautiful and occasionally outrageous outfits.  Then one day in early December, we saw something which took our breath away:  there amidst the winter white ensembles and holiday decorations were scores of […]

How to celebrate Christmas on the road?  It was a question Russ and I hadn’t really considered when we started planning this trip but it loomed large as the end of December approached. We had initially planned to spend the holidays in Vienna in order to explore the famous Christmas markets.  However, due to visa […]

When the day finally arrived to leave Paris, we dried our tears and left home four hours early for the train station.  We knew there would be some sort of weather delay because heavy snows had already cancelled most of the Eurostar trains from Paris to London the day before.  We stumbled out of the […]

This weekend my cousin Zoe came to visit!  Zoe is a junior at Brown with strong interests in genetics, medicine and anthropology and she can tell you a lot about old bones and also Narwhals.  We were especially happy to see family around the holidays and she was excited to visit Paris for the first […]

This week we took an overnight trip to Strasbourg which is the capital of Alsace, the eastern-most region of France.  Alsace straddles the border between France and Germany and throughout history has ping-ponged between the two.  It officially rejoined France as recently as 1918 but maintains a Germanic feel and flavor.  The joint cultural heritage of […]

The streets of Paris are its heart. Parisian rents are high and apartments are small.  Rather than sit inside, Parisians head out to the cafe to see friends.  A glass of wine costs $5-7 but it can be nursed for hours. Since this is expected, no waiter will demur.  In the true spirit of egalite […]