AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part nine / home again with thoughts of Normandy Beaches and suckling pig
By Larry Levine – Home again, and mostly back to normal. Played golf, cooked dinners, watched the Dodgers, went to the horse races and thought about the trip. Two thoughts dominate: 1. The visit to the Normandy beaches on the anniversary of D-Day was life-altering.... Read More
AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part seven / it took 18 years, but we’re back
By Larry Levine – It was 18 years ago – 1999 – near the end of a magical five-week drive through England, Scotland and Wales. We had visited many of the sites of the Arthurian legend, stayed at manor houses and castles, dined with some of the finest chefs in England... Read More
AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME
By Larry Levine – PART ONE – DEPARTURE I should be brimming with excitement and anticipation as I wait to board our flight to Paris. Instead, what I’m feeling about our three-week vacation in France and England is curiosity at how we will be received. We... Read More
IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND – 2014 / I went looking for King Arthur and look what I found; a story of fulfillment and celebration
By Larry Levine – It was a day that was going to be devoted to the last step in my journey to trace the legend of King Arthur of roundtable fame. I expected there might well be nothing food related about which to write this day. But that would be alright because... Read More
IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND – 2014 / for people and restaurants, getting old beats the alternative
By Larry Levine – Sometimes conventional wisdoms prove to be true. Like: getting old beats the hell out of the alternative. Sometimes well-earned reputations turn out to be understated. Like: If there’s a good restaurant within 100 miles, Larry and Jennifer will find... Read MoreFROM ACROSS THE POND / a travel journal
(Jennifer and I spent two weeks in the south of England and then in Paris in the fall of 2011. This journal, posted on a daily basis, followed our travels, with a definite emphasis on the culinary.) By Larry Levine – November 4-5, 2011 The real hero of this trip... Read More
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