My series began with a link to The 72 Best Luxury Hotels in Paris. You will find the great majority of these fabulous hotels are in the 8th arrondissement. Next, to help you plan your trip to Paris, you need an easy-to-read, vest pocket, laminated map. I like the Paris map from Red Maps.
What I Learned In Paris Spring 2013: Part I
The first three questions I’m always asked about Paris are (1) Why Paris? (2) Where do Debbie and you stay? (2) What are your favorite restaurants?
What I Learned In Paris—2012 Part VI
Cuisses de grenouilles, pamplemouse, lapin, jambon, oeufs—probably names that do not just roll off your tongue.
What I Learned In Paris—2012 Part V
April in Paris. What a great tune. I think my favorite is Count Basie’s 1956 version. And late April in Paris is exactly the time I suggest you plan to go. There are dozens of reasons to visit Paris, and the Eiffel Tower is certainly a headliner. Simply breathtaking. I cannot wait to see it […]
What I Learned In Paris—2012 Part IV
They strut about on blue feet and are the only kind of poultry to be honored with France’s designation of Appellation d’Origine Controlee, an honor generally reserved for wine and cheese. Sporting dazzlingly white plumage and a fiery red crest, Bresse Blue lends new meaning to the word magnificent.
What I Learned In Paris—Spring 2012 Part III
What’s the one book you will never read? “Paris on a Budget.” Budget? Trust me, you are going to be taken deep in Paris.
What I Learned in Paris: Spring 2012 – Part II
We were lost in a maze of road construction in Dijon rushing to make a train to Avignon. The train station markings we had been told to expect were absent, and GPS is worthless in construction areas. Now the heat was on as we pulled into a tire-changing outpost unlikely to be staffed by multi […]
What I Learned in Paris: Part VI
Heading west to Normandy for our WWII D-day trip with Paul Woodadge (ddayhistorian.com) meant dealing with a Parisian train station (Paris Gare St. Lazare), with which we were not familiar. Previously, we had been traveling south to Beaune or Provence or Switzerland from the familiar Paris Gare Lyon and had been issued tickets that required […]
What I Learned in Paris: Part V
The goal for our third European trip of the last year was to fully check out the French railway system with trips south to Provence and west of Paris to Normandy. On the front, middle and back ends of the trip, we wanted to get a complete picture of how business was faring in Paris […]
What I Learned in Paris: Part IV
Debbie and I just returned from our third European trip of the last year. We have decided to make Paris our home base as we continue to expand our research on a wide front. It has become increasingly clear that the European monetary union has reached the critical stage. If the Euro blows up, in what […]
