I'd like to think I've done a lot with my life so far, but I've still never gotten a drivers license. In my day to day life, this has never been a problem. I live in London, a megacity that boasts the world's first metro system. Traffic congestion in the...

Earlier this year, I spent the day in Rouen, in Northern France. I've been to English port towns such as Southampton and Dover, neither of which could be described as beautiful. When I heard we were docking in Le Havre as part of a cruise, I was pretty keen to...