Debbie and I loved the old Ritz Paris and, unfortunately, missed the re-opening of the new Ritz Paris by one day. The Telegraph has a neat new video (below) that will leave Ritz Paris fans drooling. Here’s the Telegraph’s description: The grand dame closed for refurbishment in July 2012 after it failed to win France’s […]
French Unions Fostering Cultural Suicide?
Why are French unions striking? They are protesting the changes President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manual Valls would make to France’s 1999 labor laws. The Socialist Hollande government is looking to add more flexibility to France’s rigid 35-hour workweek. The 1999 laws were enacted in an attempt to boost employment. By imposing prohibitive minimum […]
Terrorists/Unions Killing French Tourism
Dick and I are back in Paris after several days in Beaune, France, the heart of Burgundy and its wine. Once again we stayed at our favored L’Hote de Beaune, first introduced to us by a Butterfield & Robinson bike tour we took about five years ago. Biking through Burgundy on the mythical Route des […]
Warm Greetings from Paris
Greetings from Red Bull’s Headquarters
Greetings from Red Bull’s headquarters in Austria’s lakes region.
Greetings from the Lakes Region in Austria
Warm Greetings From Beautiful Vienna
Warm greetings from beautiful Vienna in neutral, non-NATO, Austria.
A Supply-Sider in France: Alain Juppé
“In France, we keep saying that we have tried everything—except what has worked elsewhere,” Alain Juppé tell supporters. I support Alain Juppé and his efforts to reform France’s economy. Here The Wall Street Journal lists some of Juppé’s proposals to reform the country harangued by years of socialist and statist policies. The 70-year-old former Prime Minister vowed to […]
Room with a View
Originally posted October 10, 2014. Before heading to Burgundy, on one of our last days in Paris on the front end of this fall’s trip, Dick and I signed up for a Paris by Mouth tour, one which focused on food emporiums in the 3rd arrondissement. (I first read about Paris by Mouth on David […]
Good Morning from Budapest
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