France – Day 2 (Paris)

August 24th : Paris, France Another hot night with no sleep.  We really hate the hotel we’re staying in.  It’s hard to understand how a (fairly) new hotel in Paris can’t have A/C that works – in summer! In any case it wasn’t until 10 am that we got underway with a coffee and cafe […]

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France – Day 1 (Paris)

August 22nd/23rd : Paris, France Having arrived the previous night (late!!) and travelling by bus and taxi from Beauvais airport to the Parisian satellite suburb of Montreuil, we didn’t get to sleep until late.  Although our accommodation had a fair bit to do with that sleeplessness the following morning. Allow me to elaborate.  Unfortunately for […]

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