Catherine Sweeney, Author at Traveling with Sweeney

Best things to see in Normandy and Brittany

Christmas in Chicago: Favorite holiday things to do

My favorite places in Europe to kick off the Christmas season My first time: England Christmas in London I’ll never forget our first European Christmas experience in London. We enthusiastically soaked up the festive decorations, lively pubs, busy shops, Evensong service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the traditional tree lighting…

Editor’s Note: This article is a significantly updated version of a post originally published in November 2012 and updated in November 2017. Grateful for the priceless gift of travel When the temperatures cool after the hot summer and there’s a feeling of autumn in the air, I start to look…

Both Mr. TWS and I had looked forward to seeing the historic places of D-Day (June 6, 1944) in the Normandy region of France. These are the sites where the military forces of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada executed the largest amphibian invasion in history beginning their fight…