There’s one word for New Year’s Eve, Amsterdam – crazy! Crazy busy, crazy with firecrackers being let off in the streets all day. It’s shaping up to be a beautifully sunny day with a balmy […]
It’s been 15 years since the first and last time I was in Amsterdam. It’s not off to a good start…the Thalys train from Paris Gard du Nord is ‘retard indeterminee’…not a good sign at […]
Vaux-le-Vicomte has a very limited opening season in winter – a couple of weekends in November and December, and then a Christmas opening from the 20th of December to the 4th of January 2015. It […]
It’s a balmy winters morning in Paris. Up early again, to be greeted by outside temperature of 0 degrees Celsius. Not that bad until the wind hits. As a Sunday morning, it’s another good opportunity […]
Jet lag is a killer. Awake very early this morning, so decide to go and try to improve on the photos of Christmas windows in Paris at Galeries Lafayette and Printemps whilst it is still dark – […]
There’s no such thing in Paris as Boxing Day….it’s not a public holiday, and is just another ‘normal’ day. Paris is officially ‘open for business’, but it is apparent walking around that many small shops […]
