Hotels in Paris are aplenty. Safety and refuge is what I seek in a hotel. In turn that implies that the décor is aesthetic, the staff welcoming, and the very act of walking...

27 December, 2022 /

On the rue de Charonne, in the backstreets of Paris' 11th district, just north of the Gare de Lyon, is a cluster of four extraordinary places to eat and drink: Séptime, Clamato, Tapisserie and Séptime...

27 December, 2022 /

If I could live anywhere in Paris, I would chose an apartment overlooking the Maurice Gardette Square – the largest patch of green in the 11th arrondissement, shaded by mature trees, and with green...

22 November, 2022 /

I sneaked in a visit to Lyon just before the arrival of the summer heat wave – or la canicule as the French call it, when temperatures approach 40C degrees, and the locals seek the...

25 July, 2022 /

PRaiRiaL, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Lyon's Presqu'île district, is named after the ninth month in the French Republic calendar – the month of prairial, which ran from 20 May to 18 June and took its...

22 July, 2022 /

For the first time ever, I joined everyone who is anyone in photography in Arles for the 2022 edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles – an annual event in July which takes place on the edge...

17 July, 2022 /

I spent a weekend in Nantes this June as part of my quest to find a city where the energies are right and the prices not too high.  A dream place to escape to from...

08 July, 2022 /

A mere two hours south west of Paris by train, Bordeaux is a cool contender for a weekend break by the water. Even the city's very name reflects ‘au bord de l’eau’ –...

23 April, 2022 /
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