Today, Lanhydrock gardens and the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Just stunning.   It is SO COLD in Cornwall that I had to buy a coat today. Am finally warm. Hooray!

For a week with old friends. Started out in freezing, icy London. Now in sunny but cool Padstow. We stopped for an excellent Sunday lunch at the lovely Coombeshead Farm. The bread was extraordinary. I wish I had gotten a…

Of all the travels I have undertaken while living in Europe, Georgia felt most different, unusual and very far away–literally and metaphorically. It took about 8 hours to get there, starting from Geneva and transferring in Warsaw. From Warsaw to…

  And yes, that’s fresh snow on the Jura, and more headed our way next week. Happy Spring?!