My latest release, To Capture A Spy, is set primarily in Paris. When I first got the idea for this book years ago, I’d been reading about nineteenth-century France for a graduate school class. I lost myself in examining old maps of Paris and reading accounts of English men and women who had visited. I returned to those books and memoirs when I wrote To Capture A Spy and had a blast doing more research. And while I love reading about the Paris of the past, I also love reading recent travel essays or better yet anything connecting Paris and food.
I often imagine myself sipping wine in a Parisian bistro or visiting a cheese shop for the perfect selections for the evenings cheese plate. If you fancy a fantasy trip to Paris, try this recipe for a French dessert classic, Tarte Tatin. If you close your eyes, you just might believe you’re in Paris for real.
Where do you like to go on imaginary vacations?
I love imaginary vacations! I have “pretend trips” planned out in detail for so many places I want to visit, including Paris.