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I have fallen in love with Vilnius. It’s a city of 541,000 with a terrible history of Soviet occupation that has emerged from that era as an elegant jewel. The living is fine here – so friendly, so clean, so safe. There is absolutely no honking, no blocking of intersections, and everyone yields to pedestrians. […]

Well, we’re here! Many people told me that Vilnius was going to be the low point of this trip but we think it’s gorgeous! It’s the cleanest city I’ve ever visited in Europe. This place is spotless – no litter anywhere, almost no graffiti. Everyone speaks English in this tourist core and, in a huge […]

We’re briefly back in Germany so we can catch a flight to Lithuania. Flights to Lithuania from France are pretty limited and so I found this twice a week flight with RyanAir from Nuremberg. We were in Nuremberg for 4 days earlier this year and we really liked it. I don’t know that we’re going […]

We took a day trip to Nancy because I wanted to see Villa Majorelle, which was built in 1901 to be the home and studio of furniture designer Louis Majorelle. Villa Majorelle is everything I love about architecture and furniture. Here’s the exterior: And here are some of the highlights of the interior (bottom pic […]