Barock Paris
11 Rue De Montholon Paris, Île-de-France, 75009, France
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C'est Paris!
Glenn headed back home this morning at 5:00 am from Brussels and we caught the fast train (only 1 hour and 15 minutes) to Paris, France. We have arrived and settled in to our hotel in Paris this afternoon. The travel agent described our hotel as a funky little hotel... hmmmm... it is different that is for sure!
We then wondered the …
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Leaving Europe
... slower and you're not strapped in. It went down a hill, along a straight bit, up a hill, down a bit more of a hill, and then straight before we had to get off. Along the walls speakers played French Jazz ... I felt like sashaying along my slow roller coaster.
My bag eventually arrived and I had to find aerogare 2. Not knowing what that was, I guessed. Then I asked someone. I had to take the shuttle. I couldn't find ...
The sweetest sweets in Paris
... on the wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean. So it was with supreme delight that I bit into a pink macaron this afternoon and felt it quickly dissolve in my mouth and leave behind the delicate taste of rose petals.
Even better, Hermé has come up with a new contender for the top spot on my list of favorite sweets. More on that later, but let’s just say it involves passion fruit and I’m a sucker for passion fruit.
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Wanderings....
... Eiffel Tower keychains or bottles of beer. I wandered down to Abbesses, which is the neighbourhood Amélie is set in,... there were people everywhere. Next to the metro station, there was a little public square and a park with lots of shade, so I went to look and sit down for a few minutes.
I ended up stumbling across the Mur des Je t'Aime. This isn't the most exciting spot in the city. It's basically just a wall covered in blue tiles upon which are written the words "I ...
Living in Paris
... wits with you.
I just mentioned about the annoying hawkers which linger around the most crowded tourist spots, and based from what I wrote, you would probably avoid them by now when you plan on visiting Paris. But if you're planning to buy a cheap souvenir (an Eiffel Tower keychain per se) for a friend back home, it never hurts to buy one, just as long as you're in an area with only a few hawkers in sight. You can usually find them on the École Militaire side ...
This boutique hotel was formerly known as: Barock Hotel


