Paris: the food
The food Shannon and I ate throughout our fabulous weekend away in Paris was, quite simply, divine. Every single bite of food we ate…
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Paris: The Statue of Liberty and Versailles
On Tuesday morning we feasted on an enormous breakfast at the hotel: baguette, brioche, croissant, jam, yoghurt, fruit and coffee before checking out and…
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Paris: Antiques, Vespas and Ice-cream
One of my favourite things about living in London is that I get to travel to Europe without spending a fortune. Last weekend my…
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Tour de France in Paris (and the cutest Parisian restaurant)
I’m going to be honest: I’m a bit bored of writing about my holiday! I don’t know if it’s writer’s block, post-holiday blues, the…
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Raclette in the French Alps
This was by far my favourite day of Tour viewing; it was the stage I was most looking forward to watching because it was…
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Hiking up Col du Galibier for the Tour de France
Day thirteen began with us feeling incredibly grateful to not have to sleep in the car again. We were sore, freezing and wanting nothing…
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That time I camped in my car in the French Alps
Our plan for day 12 went a little something like this: take a leisurely drive up Alpe d’Huez to see what the atmosphere was…
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Watching the Tour de France in the French Countryside
Just for something new and different (sorry, can’t help a bit of sarcasm here) we spent day 11 in the car. We needed to…
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