Serendipity Moment and a Paris Legend
Travel serendipity happens all the time, but I’m not sure we are always present enough to recognize it. Which begs the question, is it serendipity if no one is there to see it?
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Travel serendipity happens all the time, but I’m not sure we are always present enough to recognize it. Which begs the question, is it serendipity if no one is there to see it?
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Sometimes lessons learned from traveling hit you right away, and sometimes they don’t dawn on you until years later. Here’s a start with six things I’ve been thinking about since I returned from my recent trip to the Loire Valley.
Those delicate little rounds of loveliness with their subtle yet somewhat nutty flavor, seem to be available at every turn in France. Spread on a baguette, or served warm in a salad, then consumed with a glass of Sancerre wine (yes, I’m a Sancerrean wine snob today, in yet another futile effort to hold onto any vestiges of Frenchiness that remain after returning home two weeks ago) is a quintessential French experience.
Paris is about indulgence, joie de vivre, living in the moment, is it not? It’s not about calorie counting or speed walking to burn off your travel experiences. Paris is indulgence and this is why I’ve come– to dive in. I’m putting guilt on hold.