Author Archives: Judith Wencel

Mark slept in (much-needed) and I processed some photos, etc., and did a bit of research on where to go to lunch with Gretchen. I narrowed things down and she chose the Alice Restaurant in Italy a few blocks from the apartment. It was a terrific choice! The food was innovative and very tasty, serviceContinue reading “May 7, 2015 – Lunch at Alice in Eataly, Dinner with Family”

We got packed up and ready to go then headed toward Luxembourg Gardens to see the photos that are currently posted on the fence (mountains!). It was raining intermittently, and a bit windy, but the weather is rarely a deterrent to going out and about in Paris. 🙂 We walked through the gardens and outContinue reading “May 6, 2015 – Paris to Milan”

We got going at a surprisingly civilized hour; maybe knowing we only had two full days here this time made a difference in that category. We got as far as Kayser, where we had a croissant, and it started raining pretty heavily. We went back for the umbrella then made our way toward the MephistoContinue reading “May 5, 2015 – Lunch at Ze Kitchen Galerie, Visit with Jenny and Debbie”

After a nice an uneventful flight through Chicago and Frankfurt (and an amazing sunrise over England, the pics of which don’t do it justice!), we arrived in Paris around 8:25 and caught the RER B to the St Michel station. We emerged from the metro to a gorgeous blue sky and temperatures in the lowContinue reading “May 4, 2015 – Arrival, Lunch with Bea & Joe, Visit with Barnathans”

I spent the morning (quite rainy) catching up on posts, looking at pics, etc. When George and Martha came down we made a plan for how to best use the leftovers and started in. 🙂 We whiled away the afternoon chatting about this and that, talking about what we’d learned, looking things up on theContinue reading “Oct 13, 2014 – Last Day at Poggio Verde and Home”