After a slightly stressful sleep, I woke up raring to go on my last day. When I got back from hotel the night before, there was no electricity at the hotel. There was a…
It was a daunting prospect, travelling to Paris on my own but I knew it had to eventually happen. With my first solo trip fast approaching, I was getting more and more nervous by…
The Hotel de la Bretonnerie very kindly invited me to an overnight stay in January, an opportunity I grabbed with both hands. The hotel’s location in historic Marais is a magical slice of Paris.…
Today was our last day in Paris, I agree, I know what you’re thinking, one night is just not long enough….it’s never long enough for me, I could spend forever in the City of…
Tell anyone in Paris that you’re eating at Chez L’ami Jean and you’ll get appreciative nods and mutterings of “ahh yes, that’s a very good choice”. When we arrived at our hotel, we were…
Our visit to Paris in November was mostly for my husband’s birthday and since the 24th (the day of his birthday) fell on a Saturday, I decided to treat him while at the same…
Discreetly tucked away in the Grand Boulevards district of Paris is the Hotel des Grands Boulevards. This vibrant bourgeois slice of Paris in the 2nd arrondissement is pulsating with life dotted with theatres, pubs,…
Hotel Chopin is a tiny 2* hotel nestled inside the passage Jouffroy next to the waxworks museum, Musée Grévin, the equivalent of our Madame Tussauds on the Grands Boulevards. Paris’ Grands Boulevards district is…
Le Taillevent Paris is a restaurant that I’ve longed to visit for many years however with menus more than 300 Euros per person, I soon put that one to bed. I discovered though that…
