Quite often, I find myself wandering around Paris with a letter to mail, thinking I'll come across a boîte postale and I never do. I just found this website that shows all the mailboxes in Paris, listed by street address or shown on a map. Did you know that there are...
I found an amazing fare on Norwegian for October/November: U.S.$461 Boston-->Oslo-->Paris (Orly) and back Paris (CDG)-->New York (JFK). For the same dates, it would have been U.S.$480 round trip New York (JFK)<-->Paris (CDG). The advantage (or...
We’ll Always Have Paris, by Jennifer Coburn, is the story of a mother's fear of dying young and her determination to travel through Europe with her daughter before it's too late. The mother-daughter pair make several trips to Europe between the daughter's eighth...
I am still looking for housemates in Brittany--please help me spread the word! My 4-bedroom house is in the very center of Baden (56870). We're just a mile or so from the water, on the Gulf of Morbihan. The 5-minute ferry to the famous Île-aux-Moines is a short drive...
Soon there will be no more cars on the quais of the right bank, between the Tuileries tunnel in the 1st arr. and the Henry IV tunnel/bassin de l'Arsenal in the 4th arr. That's basically the section blocked to traffic during Paris Plage (late July to late August). Now...
It seems like almost overnight, multiple co-working spaces have opened up throughout Paris. These spaces offer a place to set up and work, reliable wifi and edibles to keep you going throughout your work day. Each location has a different pricing formula but generally...
Thanks to The Local for reporting yesterday that we're in for some changes when it comes to our Paris picnics! Jardin des Rosiers France is slowly going green and this is one of the next steps. It won't take effect until 2020, but when it does, you will no longer be...
You may remember that one of my current "projects" is to hike the whole coast of Brittany. I'm guessing it's almost 2,000 kilometers (1,200+ miles) in total. But I'm not in any rush! I did seven more days in mid-August and although I'm probably only 1/3 of the way...
Earlier this year, I wrote about the Joséphine Baker pool in Paris's 13th arrondissement. Thursday, at the height of the canicule (heat wave), I thought it was a good time to visit the pool again! There was a bit of a line when I arrived at noon, but it moved quickly....
I generally don't like cocktail bars in Paris. They tend to be pretentious and overpriced. In fact, I can't think of any cocktails bars here I actually do like... that is, until now. On Saturday, as I was already in the neighborhood, I stopped by CopperBay in the...
