Paris with a Baby

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

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…