Forget about Wonder Bras, not that I have ever needed one but bring on the Wonder Shoe! The crutches weren’t really helping but the wonder drugs definitely were, although I still couldn’t put my foot on the ground and the crutches were too difficult to use in the apartment. My crawling, cushion system …
Although it was Tuesday, I woke this morning feeling warm and cosy, with a sleepy kind of Sunday feeling. Not a care in the world and nothing on the agenda. It wasn’t until I rolled over thinking; I can sleep a little more if I like and then OUCH! That was when I remembered that I …
Call me Paris Adèle, but don’t call me a trainspotter. However I do have a penchant for unusual or unique metro entrances and because of this, Saint-Georges was where my walk began today. Saint-Georges metro entrance sits in the elegant circular, Place de la Saint-Georges in the area known as La Nouvelle Athènes; The New Athens, in the 9th arrondissement. …
The apartment that I am staying in this time, looks down onto two courtyards from the main rooms, which makes it very quiet but difficult to see what is going on outside in Paris and how the weather is behaving. When I look up out of my kitchen window, my view is the neighbouring building with a very small …
One of my secret pleasures is to poke around private courtyards, narrow passages and the charming covered passageways of Paris. Especially when I happen upon one that I wasn’t expecting. I have been known to gasp out loud, much to the amusement of passersby. My Paris Adéle itinerary, as I affectionately call my mapped out walks, was shorter than …
THE FRANTIC METRO STATIONS Chatelet and Hotel de Ville were almost void of people on Christmas morning and when I approached Boulevard Haussmann to visit the large department stores, Galleries Lafayette and Printemps, it was equally as quiet. If I said that I woke at the crack of dawn this morning, that would be lying, although I …
It is quite ironic that when I decided to abandon my little walking tour today, I managed to get slightly lost and yet at the same time, I gave four people directions along the way. Am I an oxymoron? So how does that work, that I am lost and still able to give other people directions. It confuses …
For the past couple of years I have failed at securing a ticket to visit the Museum Arts Forain. It opens it’s doors in short blocks of time for approximately a two week window and they stagger the release of a small amount of tickets. Reasonably small groups are guided through, and it is …
I tried not to unpack too much as I knew I had to move but it proved to be difficult. So here I go again packing up all my belongings. It has been quite disruptive. My initial plan was to head to the markets on the day I arrived and stock up the apartment with …
I woke up with the laptop purring on my chest. Jet lag, a heavy back pack, the disappointment with my apartment and soft duck down pillows may have been some of the reasons I passed out minutes after getting into bed last night. I had a crazy idea that I would go back to …