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The Magic of A Weekend in Paris

Notre Dame Bell Towers

In French, a flâneur (or flâneuse) is someone who strolls, saunters, and wanders around a city. It’s a delightful sounding word, one that rolls off your tongue, and the act of being a flaneur is just as satisfying, as I…

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Sitting outside Paris cafe

Why Paris Is Always A Good Idea

One of my favourite memories from my last visit to Paris is sitting on the steps across from Notre Dame with my Mum. It was autumn, so we were wrapped up in coats and scarves. We were admiring the cathedral’s…

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Love Locks: A Love-Hate Relationship?

How do you show your love for your significant other? Some buy chocolates and flowers, while others offer breakfast in bed or go out on dinner-dates. Then there are the growing number of couples across the globe who are demonstrating…

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Meandering Around Montmartre

Until recently, my memories of Montmartre were hazy. When I was still studying secondary-school French, six of us students sat in a dimly lit Parisian restaurant somewhere near an ornate Art Deco Metro station.  We ordered escargots, and our steaks…

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Pont des Arts, Paris

Parisian Perfection: A Winter Stay in the City of Light

I had forgotten.  After a few years of adventures in Asia and America, I had forgotten that first, I fell in love with Paris.  I swooned over the city as a sixteen year old, and almost a decade later I…

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Michelin-star Marvels at La Cuisine

Wine bottles are arranged artfully on the far wall, letting light filter through lenses of red, rose, and white.  Splashes of colour cover the ceiling, a fresco by French artist Stéphane Calais.  Pierre Hermé croissants are clustered under sparkling chandeliers. …

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