Of A Personal Nature

I am loathe to publish personal things on this blog, but I haven’t been writing as often as I’d like, and I’d like to explain why.  Also, I think it’s important to show that the jet-setting life of an expat is not always a glamour parade.  Sometimes, it sucks just as much as everyone else’s [...]

Pictures From Paris: Later That Same Day…

Hello!  Yesterday I showed you some groovy pictures of Paris in the rain.  Today, the final installment of my recent weekend in Paris: The train home to Montpellier.  The most spectacular weather followed us all the way down, until of course we hit the border of Languedoc and everything became South of France clear and [...]

Paris Pictures: Made For The Rain

Paris is lovely; of that there is no doubt. But nothing makes a shutterbug’s heart beat faster than Paris in the rain and black and white film in the camera. It’s raining here in Montpel, so while I won’t be strolling here I figure I’d give you rain in the city rain was [...]

Weekend in Paris: Executive Summary

The legendary Girls’ Weekend in Paris went swimmingly!
Some stats:
Combined miles traveled: 8,330

Meals eaten: 8

Dishes cooked, served, taken away and cleaned by someone else: 19

Scarves lost: 1

Scarves found, swung above head as entire bar cheered: 1

Nutella crepes consumed with great gusto by MK: 4

Topics discussed: 5,621

Miles walked: approx. 147

Bottles of wine drunk, paid for: 3

Bottles of [...]

Calling All Sugar Daddies/Mamas

I wrote about the Global Scavenger Hunt earlier, but I am just letting you know that I would seriously love someone to pony up the cash and enter me and my friend in this adventure.
That is all.

The Price of Love: A Cheap Flight to Madrid

Cal and I have had quite a year. Actually, for everyone I know - with almost no exception - 2007 has been a year of what I’ve taken to calling “life-altering shitstorms.” QUITE a year.
For me, I went through an ugly legal battle after being laid off from my job. Man, was [...]

Weekend in Paris - What to Do, If You’re Me

I was musing further on the fact that I’m having a girls’ weekend in Paris next month, and it got me to thinking about my favorite haunts. I’d thought I’d share some with you - and I want to hear what you like, as well!
Berthillon is always on my agenda. Ice cream shops [...]

Coming to a Parisian Bistro Nowhere Near You

MK has booked her flight! She’s coming over for a weekend. Arriving Friday, leaving Monday. MK is a dedicated friend and most honored travel addict. Either that, or she just really likes red wine and baguettes.
I simply got a forwarded email of her flight details, but a screen shot speaks a [...]

Blind Date With The World - Global Scavenger Hunt

Miss Expatria is not rugged.
I do not own a backpack of any sort. I prefer heated towels in my lavish hotel bathrooms. I have never, ever slept on a mat, or outside in nature. Nature is something you gaze at from your balcony whilst holding a cocktail.
But oh, oooooooh, how [...]

Girls’ Weekend in Paris

I am just a princess.
The Queen Mum of travel addiction is my dear friend and gentlest reader MK. I got a fevered email from her just the other evening:
Just home from Costa Rica, let’s talk Paris baby.
She had just returned from a week-long vacation with three other adults and four children under the age [...]