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Finally Paris!!
But in typical French fashion, these “public” restrooms were not free, you had to have Euro coins to use them—we had none. So we had a slight problem! But we soldiered on, pretty sure we could make it to the hotel… or could we? Hit the Metro Line 4 to Châtelet, then Line 1 to… Continue reading
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Day in London
Call me a Boomer but I happen to love posh hotels! The fact that this one, the Langham, was free, somehow made the whole extravaganza that much better 😀 But sadly we’re done with the hotel now: checked out, luggage in hand, we trudge to Oxford Circus to grab the Underground to meet up with… Continue reading
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Chunnel to London!
I love trains. And this is a pretty famous route, high-speed under the English Channel from Paris to London. Back in the day there was no such thing, and we’d have to take a train to Calais, get off the train, do the dreary border-patrol passport examination, unload baggage, reload baggage, and take a vomitous… Continue reading
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Back to Paris!!
A few decades ago, we’d be in Paris several times a year and so we grew to know the city like the proverbial backs of our hands. But focuses change over time, and with kids growing up and life intruding we made it to Paris less and less. Before we knew it, it had been… Continue reading