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Day 3 we were still at the Manoir I mentioned in Part 2. We woke at a reasonable hour and headed down for breakfast as it was supposed to be included in our room charge. Only no one came to serve us. There were boxes of dried cereal, a single…
In part 1 guest poster Amy provided her tips on how to be Parisian in San Francisco, a place she used to call home until she met her French husband and moved to Paris. I get to thank her in person on October 15th when we meet at the Paris…
If you read travel magazines (I do!) or watch travel shows, whenever they talk about the best road trips/drives in America it is likely that the Highway 1 route between Monterey and San Simeon is going to be towards the top of the list. This gorgeous, completely unspoiled stretch of…
It’s not easy to find a public toilet in Paris, and nearly impossible to find free ones. There are a couple of options for using the restroom when nature calls. You can use the public toilets that are found on the street called sanisettes, some of them are free others…
Welcome back for the last part of my Paris trip report! If you missed Part 1 or 2 you can catch it here and here. Friday (11/27) Friday we woke with a mission. The mission was food. What else is new, I know. But this was different. We were going…
Welcome to Part 2 of the recap of my recent Paris trip. If you missed Part 1 you can go back and read it here. Wednesday (11/25) Okay, so the plan was to go to Versailles and spend the day in and around the chateau. The only problem was, we…
For some reason, I always procrastinate on doing these trip reports. I am certain what I have to say can’t possibly live up to what you are expecting. I put them off, and sometimes I don’t ever get back to them, like my Paris trip in May where I did…
I wanted to offer suggestions for eating American food in Paris. I understand that visitors to Paris may not like French food and would prefer to eat something they are more familiar with, but rather than go to a restaurant that you can visit anytime you want (a.k.a. McDonald’s) why…
My husband always says that there are two things that the French are undefeated champions of: luxury goods (clothing, handbags, and perfume to name a few) and food. And while I agree (except that I think that Japan and China can compete on the food), you do not have to…
One thing that amused me was meals and in particular breakfast. But it was breakfast on our last morning that I found absolutely astonishing, it was like there were big flashing neon lights that screamed: “stereotype achievement here – look now – stereotype achievement here”! Over the holiday break in…