Columnist Jeff Schweers is briefly furloughed from work and finds a trace of what he least expected.

Things are happening so fast these days that I can only tell you about today, Friday, March 20, my first [...]

For such a beautiful and fertile region, Champagne has seen its share of bloodshed. Germans pushed the French and allies [...]

In the rural French village of Les Chères, about 20 minutes outside of Lyon, lives a very nice and hospitable [...]

It had been three years since I last visited my great-uncle and his wife at their B&B in the Champagne [...]

As sure as April showers bring May flowers, spend enough time traveling in Europe and someone’s going to pick your [...]

The first time my travel companion had French fries in Paris, she looked at me wide-eyed and exclaimed, “These are [...]

The following is a "Crouch End Fantasy" based on a true story as told to me by the bartender at [...]

We met Kevin and his partner Scott in the vast public plaza outside the Centre Pompidou. It was a crisp [...]

If you can't get to Europe, go to Georgia. Or North Carolina. Or Texas. There you'll find towns — small [...]

Funny how everyday household items can become totemic, suddenly taking on new meaning well beyond their original utilitarian design. So it [...]