It’s time to pack up my Paris apartment, which I’ve happily settled into, even with it’s quirky decor and bid au revoir to Paris. The bedside lamps are truly bizarre – Greco Roman statues of […]
There’s always something to discover in Paris. Is this a scene from an Egyptian antiquities exhibit? No, it’s a window display in a Christian Loubutin boutique! Nearby, the forecourt of the Paris City Hall has […]
The case of the abseiling plumber. Plumbers are clearly a different breed in Paris. The apartment manager had emailed me to expect the plumber at 8am this morning to check the water leak in the […]
It must be 10 years or more since I have been to Chateau de Chantilly. I think the last time was either autumn or spring, as I remember it being misty and distinctly muddy underfoot […]
Apparently Val-de-Grace will be open for visitors today. It is a long held ambition to see the interior of this church, build by Anne of Austria to celebrate the birth of Louis XIV. I have […]
Saturday was the 2013 La Chasse aux Tresors de Paris (Paris Treasure Hunt). In it’s seventh year, it is jointly organised by the Mairies (City Halls) of the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, […]
