Paris is (still) a good idea

That wonderful, slightly anxious, definitely excited moment in time when you are just: waiting at the airport. It's all you can do.

Reservations are made, the packed bag has been whisked out of your hands and smoothly rollered away. To the same destination as you, hopefully.

The big window onto the runway shows planes taxiing to and fro, under a light coverlet of fog. Weather Network shows Paris sunny and clear, so here we come!

But, how quintessentially French : there are reports of transit strikes. Je ne me inquiète : I have saved ideas from a to z and back again. We will not suffer a lack of things to do ( but I REALLY want to see Monets gardens in the spring)Read more