Author Archives: The Wife of Bath

How to find cheap airfare to Europe‏

I get asked this a lot.  I mean, I’ve gotten emails from co-workers I’ve never had a single conversation with that are like, “Hey, someone told me you can get me a cheap flight.”  Sometimes it’s true.  I don’t want to brag, but…. oh heck, I do want to brag.  For instance: a friend just […]

Picnic at the Cathedral

We arrived by school bus. This was the only form of public transportation available, a once- a-week bus into Conques in Southwest France, population 281.   A five minute walk from the bus stop, through the tiny but perfectly preserved village  to our half-timber hotel room next to the Abbey-Church of Saint-Foy.  The abbey has been a […]