The Beatles were the first band I loved and still the band I love most. I was born the year they broke up, far too late for Beatlemania. Thanks to the Beatles cartoon I used to watch as a little
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! A Liverpool Beatles bender
Finding lost French at Ecole des Trois Ponts
Two weeks of French lessons at Ecole Des Trois Ponts helped me find find French I had forgotten. For almost 30 years I’ve been grappling with the French language. Since starting in high school at age 12, I’ve studied on-and-off
Frederik rides the rails
Frederik was riding the rails traveling from Geneva to Paris. His his little face was pressed against the window pane to get a better view of the beautiful Swiss countryside as it slid past. About an hour into his journey
Kung Fu Hiking
There’s more to Hong Kong than skyscrapers, shopping and Jackie Chan movies, as I found out when tackling Hong Kong’s Monkey Trail. “The Monkey Trail is a very good name,” I think to myself while battling along the steep path,