As a frequent Airbnb customer, we get occasional special offers for Airbnb "experiences," special events in the area we are renting. This led us to "BachYard, a concert in the vineyard," in Riomaggior...

In prior blog posts, I've commented on my search for inner peace. For purposes of this blog post, let inner peace and happiness mean essentially the same thing... life is good! It is said that "money...

What do white truffles, Nutella spread and Barolo wine have in common? Give up? All three come from Italy's Piemonte (or Piedmont) region, where life slows down and elevation ramps up in northwest It...

You’ve probably seen the headlines: mass protests in France. Maybe you read the details. And possibly even wondered for a second or two whether I’m safe over here. Fear not, loyal readers. Everything...

About 20 miles south of Avignon, Alpilles Natural Regional Park is a large nature preserve, described on google maps as full of "marked trails for hiking, biking and horse riding," and featuring "expa...

Greetings from Avignon, where it's raining today – perfect for writing a long post. Technically, Avignon is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in a region of southern France. That's the equiva...

While our stay in Lyon was brief, it felt like a nonstop highlight reel. The Saône and the Rhône Rivers run through the older part of Lyon before merging as the Rhône at the southwest corner of the c...

There is a Burger King across the parking lot from our hotel here in Dijon. They do not put Dijon mustard on their whoppers. The word burger comes from the city of Hamburg, Germany, whose immigrants w...

Memory issues typically occur with dementia, but not always. Some types of dementia have other symptoms affecting mood, behavior or ability to function.

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a common cause of dementia, is a group of disorders that occur when nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain are lost. This causes the lobes to shrink....