Long days and lazy evenings with golden light are on offer in Paris at the moment and it’s a joy to walk around during twilight hour when the air cools down and everything seems to glow gently. We’re also having quite a few unpredictable summer storms with torrential rain, thunder and lightning which are the perfect excuse to pull up a chair at a covered terrace, order a coffee and hurry up and wait.
I started the week on a high note, settling in at Le marché couvert des Enfants Rouges with a block of butter so big you could distinguish the locals who walked past without comment, from the tourists who exclaimed “WOW” and stopped to take photos of our lunch. While Place des Vosges is visually stunning, rue de Bretagne really is my favourite part of the Marais to hang out when I want to eat or dri…
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