We were coming to the end of our Paris stay. I barely stopped those last few days, visiting and revisiting my favorite places, wanting to imprint everything in my heart. I had walked through the Luxembourg Gardens several times already, this would be my last. A brief stroll on a beautiful afternoon, the park incandescent. … Read more
On our return to Paris, we changed trains at Avignon, the station as modern and vast as Arles is old-fashioned and cozy. We passed villages and farmland, rural France at its most timeless. Arriving at the Gare de Lyon, we couldn’t resist a cocktail at the ravishing Train Bleu. The next day, as part of … Read more
Paris and I go way back, but this was the first time I will arrive by train. Arriving at the Gare du Nord is a step back to the era when trains were the modern way to travel. Taking the Eurostar from London’s St. Pancras station remains the modern way to travel, from city center to … Read more