The Beldonstevens Blog

At the end of our second day, the monument we'd walked to--and the universally recognized symbol of Paris, the fin de siècle, the...

And--to continue first off with the letter 'd'--our dimanche, Sunday, started in earnest with déjeuner, lunch. When planning the trip, we...

... that is, soir, 'evening.' After long travel--as we explained to our amused cab-driver, a soft-spoken man from Algeria, it takes a...

Excited to see "Frankenstein and Its Classics" reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review! Dr. Daniel Cook writes that the "wide-ranging yet...

After months of planning, it’s finally nearly here: tomorrow, J & I leave for Paris! We’ll be there for a week, staying in Montmartre—we...

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