A Week in Paris

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June 2025

The Tiara Room
Monday was an easy start to the week as in order to avoid the Sunday Scaries we stayed in St Remy another night, taking in a morning swim and lunch in…
6
Bed By 9
The heat in Paris sent everyone a bit mad this week and there were curious scenes all across the city like the man who bashed his shopping cart into me…
20
Am I Joking?
Monday was a surprise (to me) public holiday which worked out perfectly as a friend and her kids were visiting so we headed to LouLou for lunch al…
3
Done Is Better Than Perfect
As much as I’m looking forward to summer holidays I do think it’s quite rude that it’s already the second week of June.
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Spider Crab Professional
There are months you can get things done in France and months you can’t, and May is a can’t, so I did my best but so much fell through the cracks during…
6

May 2025

Smarty Pants
Monday started with a bang, literally, as I unknowingly strolled through a taxi strike and got a fright as fireworks and flares went off around me.
3
No Time to Browse
Apart from a few impressive storms May in Paris has been glorious so far, with happy people spilling from cafes and restaurants onto terraces, ice cubes…
10
That Paris Electricity
In the latest instalment of Paris apartment comedy our week started with the electricity shutting off every time I switched on the oven.
8
Closed
Although all I wanted to do this week was lie in the sun on the banks of the Seine Paris always has plans to keep you busy and there were new babies to…
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April 2025

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