Travels with Olga

It's -14 C (6 F) in Le Puy!! The city's downtown fountain is frozen--and even its sculpted figures look as though they are...

The Loire River, France's longest river, flows near Le Puy-en-Velay, so one bright Sunday afternoon, Eluiza and I went to see it. W...

As a gift from our winter vacation from the International Centre, I brought Eluiza some black beans from Lyon in the belief that she w...

As I was preparing to go to France last summer, I thought about some of the things I wanted to do. Taking a French cooking class was one...

The French seem to be crazy about chocolate, and this is certainly one bit of culture that I took to very easily. Eve...

During my time in Lyon, I stayed with Sisters Rose and Marie Philippe in an apartment on Chapponay Street. They are Sisters of St....