Friday’s late/early morning meant a long sleep in, got up at noon! Spent lunch at a cafe in a Place in the Marais. Keeping budget in mind we settled on two soup a l’oignons and a carafe of red wine. The warm soup, with creamy, sharp gruyere and fresh parsley was just what our...

On Friday night we lucked out getting into Chateaubriand. It was jammed as per the previous night, but as promised, if we came at 9:30 we’d be able to get at table during their second seating. We had two glasses of the rosé bubbly and waited outside with others eager for a table. Start...

We arrived in Paris, at 1pm and navigated our way from the airport to arrive at our apartment in La Bastille area around 4pm. Technically, we are staying on the border of the Marais and Bastille districts (between 3eme and 11eme arrondisements) with a with a view of the Bastille monument out...