Paris with a Baby

Paris in springtime is enchanting, Paris at Christmas is magical.  Last year, we visited somewhere in between, on a snowy, …

Club Marot, Lille

Unbelievably, considering it's an 82 minute Eurostar journey from London, I only visited the northern French city of Li…

Val Thorens

Am I the tardiest travel blogger in the world?  I may just be.  Because, as I write from the Alps in the middle of our skii…

Hotel Koh-I Nor, Val Thorens

Last January we headed back to Les Trois Vallées for eight days in the largest ski resort (and one of my favourites places…

HOTEL DE NELL, PARIS

Tucked away in a quiet street in the 9th arrondissement of Paris is Hôtel de NELL , a beautiful five star in a restored 19t…

DROUANT BY ANTOINE WESTERMANN

When I lived in Paris I often walked past Drouant , the historic restaurant by Michelin-starred chef Antoine Westermann nea…

L'EPICURIEN, VAL THORENS

When we were skiing in Val Thorens in January we were really impressed with the quality of restaurants  on offer. One of o…

SKIING IN VAL THORENS

Earlier this year we took the snow train for the first time, jumping on board the Eurostar at St Pancras and travelled thr…

JEAN SULPICE, VAL THORENS

It's early days but I've already had one of the best meals of 2016: after a day on the slopes in the Alps, we went …

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: VAL THORENS

Tonight we're travelling to Val Thorens for a week of skiing in the three valleys  and lots of fondues.  À bientôt!…

MOULIN ROUGE

Last week in Paris I made my way up to Montmartre to visit the most famous cabaret in the world. The legendary Moulin Rouge…

PETIT BATEAU TEE

French brand Petit Bateau has been making quality cotton T-Shirts and underwear for more than 120 years in their Troyes f…

Ciel de Paris

Last New Year's Eve I was in Paris with my boyfriend, brother and sister-in-law and we went for a long, late lunch at C…

CHRISTMAS IN PARIS

I hosted mon père in my little Montorgueil flat in Paris over Christmas last year and on 25 December we wandered around t…

Christmas in Paris

Last Christmas I was in Paris and invited my Dad over to stay in my apartment for a few days - for Christmas Day we went an…

PROVENCE

For the long weekend over Bastille Day back in July, we visited a charming little Roman town in Provence called Vaison-la-R…

April in Paris

I went back to Paris over Easter   - and sang April in Paris , one of my very favourite Ella Fitzgerald songs, in my head t…

Brasserie Lipp

Brasserie Lipp is somewhat of a Parisian institution.  On the Boulevard Saint-Germain opposite Cafe Flore (another much-lov…

Le Dome du Marais

I stumbled across Le Dôme du Marais in the north Marais district one afternoon in December and was drawn in by the restaur…

LADUREE PARIS

A trip to Paris isn't complete without visiting Ladurée .  Even though the luxury French macaron house opened a London …