Shakespeare & Company is one of Paris’ oldest English speaking bookshops. Wander through the maze of rooms on the ground floor filled with books old and new, past rooms where aspiring writers can...

Sunday Snapshot:     Marie Antoinette loved to perform. As a child in Vienna her family had often put on performances and she wanted to keep this tradition alive whilst she was in France. In...

Food, glorious food…Paris definitely does not disappoint the tastebuds! Earlier in the year we were in Paris to watch the Paris marathon but this visit soon became an eat-a-thon! Where did we eat? Here  are ten of my favourite...

I love food markets so you can imagine how excited I was when I realised that we were staying about fifty metres from Rue Montorgueil, one of the oldest market streets in central Paris. It is...

Paris has many beautiful shops but none quite like the Hermès store on Rue de Sèvres in the heart of St Germain. Built in 1935, the Lutetia swimming pool closed many years later and was...

Bastille Day is July 14th. Let’s celebrate this wonderful city. Paris…… I love….. freshly baked croissants and baguettes, choosing cheese at the local fromagerie, punnets of summer’s new seasons berries, french champagne, pastry shops, sitting in...