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…
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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.…
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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…
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2018 was a hard year for me in many ways and it’s a year that just whizzed by. I know everybody says the same at the end of each year but when your kids…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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It really was March madness!! I had a busy month after a relatively quiet January and February. First came the snow which was a bit of shock, I know we’ve had snow before but…
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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…
