Karen at Large

Van Gogh frequently used the structure of a figure walking down an ally of trees in his paintings, modeled originally on work by English...

Visiting my friend Miriam at her home in Stratford has become something of a summer tradition as it is easy to add a visit of several days b...

The extreme heat wave that spread across Europe the second week of my stay in France appears to have been news even in the United States, as...

In addition to treating myself to what turned out to be the best lobster salad I've ever eaten (at dinner at a neighborhood restaurant...

Trottinettes As I write this second post, the temperature in Paris is 88°.   The streets are all torn up to install bike lanes, which ha...

Notre Dame (front  view) I'm back in the apartment in which I spent 18 very happy months but many things have changed.  The climb up...

Bruges When one moves from the Netherlands to Belgium, not much changes except the religion of the majority of the population (Catholi...