We have encountered stunning physical beauty these past few months — volcanos and vistas, perennials spilling out of window boxes or across meadows, cobbled streets and magnificent churches — beautiful things that are easy to photograph, to capture, to put in an album. But just as...

Our journey today included: a ride up, up, up on a gondola, lunch (PBJs, salami and ham with butter), some family arguments, an hours-long stroll across a small jag in the Alps, a train ride, coats on then coats off, the sun on our face, and blue in the sky. But — our journey today was...

This screen shot memorializes a crucial dinner prep moment this week in Switzerland. We were aiming high — cheese fondue! — but we needed help with a translation on a food package. H kindly typed in the French — and voila! — “Pour the contents...