Category: Travel
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Around Rue des Vinaigriers
Paris really was incredible. I’ve stayed in Paris a few times. The first time I went I was, well, there’s no better way to put it than I was like a dog hanging its head out the car window panting with excitement. That was me, age 16. We’d driven from Cologne overnight. And we eat…
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Ten Belles coffee bar, Paris
Without a doubt the best coffee in Paris. We were lucky to arrive only a few days after they opened. How fortunate we were. It’s hard travelling with a coffee-a-holic in a city renowned for not really having the coffee scene down yet. Thomas was a very nice chap. He’d been to Sydney but learnt…
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Le Citizen Hotel du Canal Paris
It’s almost two weeks since we returned from our lovely stay in Paris – the highlight was of course Le Citizen Hotel. The children loved having iPads, sitting on the long sofa by the window, jumping up every time a boat came through the lock, watching as the road closed, the bridge slid open and…
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Thinking of cities
Last night I was supposed to be doing one thing and I was looking for apartment rentals in Paris. We always do this. Go somewhere for a few days. Then decide we want to live there. But really, we don’t really want to live there – we just had a nice time. Right? Now the…
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Weekend away at Le Citizen Hotel – Canal St Martin, Paris
We are in Paris. Staying at Le Citizen Hotel. It’s a great area the 10th. I have never loved a part of Paris so much. I remember coming here ten years ago for dinner and I could never remember where it was, apart from, near a canal. Well, here we are – and it just…
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Menerbes
In July we went away to France. We’d booked it back in January. We were in paradise. Beautiful pool. Divine interior. Walled garden. Happy children. Parents who could relax. Ah. Le Sigh.