Frog XVI, Paris
At some stage in the past couple of years a dear friend suggested we cycle to Paris. From London, not North Yorkshire. COVID-19 put paid to the adventure in 2020 […]
Category Archives: France
Le Citrouille, Paris
We’ll, we didn’t really intend for our first significant foray after 18 months of confinement to be to Paris. A long awaited cycling trip to accompany a good friend saw […]
La Cour de Lise, Willgotheim
It’s the 2016 Rio Olympics and Team GB is in second place as the games near their end. Yes, that’s right second place, behInd the US but just ahead of […]
Les Chenus, Courchevel
There’s an argument that all the bits around skiing are just as important as the skiing itself. Whilst we agree wholeheartedly we’ve never been up for the true après ski […]
Hotel de Paris et de la Poste, Sens
There was quite a good article in the Times on June 6th [subscribers only apparently for the website] about journeys from the French coast to all points south, with suggested stops […]
Sa Qua Na, Honfleur
The north coast of Brittany and Normandy has a quite unique character, redolent of the great days of seaside holidays from the Victorian period [in England] when villas were built […]
Gaspard de la Nuit, Paris
France has been in the news a bit recently so it reminded us of a couple of small excellent restaurants. We like the Marais, that small, neat, discreet area of Paris […]
Clos des Sens, Annecy le Vieux
Every now and again you come across somewhere so special that you almost daren’t go back, in case it doesn’t live up to the first visit. Restaurants are expected to […]
L’Absinthe, Honfleur
We’ve been to Honfleur a couple of times, never for long enough. It’s been on the way back, staying overnight to catch the ferry back from Caen to the UK. […]
Au Petit Fer à Cheval, Paris
The Marais holds lots of gems, in a relaxed, smart Parisienne way – nothing brash or edgy, just comfortable and refined. Good restaurants, hotels, galleries, shops, patisseries and little cafés […]
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