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Travels with Martina Day 2 - Apartment-ing in the Marais
After a 4 hour breather in Schiphol (where we stretched our legs and exercised our stomach muscles) we were soon on a plane again, this time headed for our real destination -- Paris. Martina surprised...
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Travels with Martina Day 3 - Ile de la Cite, Notre Dame and Ile Saint Louis
On our first full day in Paris, we were still jet lagged and somewhat bleary eyed from our 24 hour journey. But still, we managed to drag ourselves out of the apartment to visit a few sites to give...
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Travels with Martina Day 4 - A weekend in Lourdes
With so many places to see and things to do in Paris and just two weeks to cram everything in, you may wonder -- why even go away for a week-end then? But I had planned a very special getaway, out of...
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Travels with Martina Day 5 - Up Pic du Jer and saying au revoir to Lourdes
A comfortable 5.5 hour train ride away from Paris is the pilgrimage town of Lourdes, where wehad opted to spend our first week-end out of the city. We wanted to give Martina a different experience,...
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Musings of Pets (past and present) in the time of Covid-19
If you are one of my 4 followers, you will probably have realised that I have been woefully delinquent with this blog -- posting only nine, yes NINE times last year and with only one post this 2020....
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Musings on my Closet in the time of Covid 19
"I have nothing to wear!"How many times have you said that -- usually in an aggrieved and anguished tone. I used to say that often myself -- I would skim through my closets and look at every single...
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Travels with Martina Day 6 - An Iconic Bastille Day in France Parts 1 and 2
When we were planning this trip to Paris, we were so excited to see that we would be in the city right on Bastille Day. We had never spent Bastille Day in Paris and looked forward to watching the...
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Travels with Martina Day 7 - A Poilane breakfast, a Ride on the Roue de Paris...
Self catering is one of the pros of staying in an apartment versus a hotel. And Paris is ideal for a self-catering holiday. No matter where you stay, you will find a greengrocer, grocery,...
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Travels with Martina Day 8 Part 1 - Paris for Kids at the Parc Zoologique and...
A trip to the zoo may not be on a tourist's "must visit" list but if you have an 8 year old in tow, it is definitely part of the agenda. Martina loves animals and insists on visiting a zoo or an...
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Travels with Martina Day 8 Part 2 - An evening cruise down the Seine on...
While the Seine is famous as the river that winds its way across Paris, in reality it is,at 777 kilometres long, the second longest river in France and one of the major waterwaysof Europe. While it...
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Travels With Martina Day 9 - Lost in the Louvre
The Louvre in Paris is the grande dame of all museums -- perhaps the most famous and well known of them all. Unfortunately, that fame also means it might also be the most congested.In 2019, more than...
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Picking Up where I left Off
It's amazing that I have not written anything since July 2020. A full half year (and more) has gone by and I have just about abandoned this blog. Can I blame it all to COVID, the lockdown, anxiety,...
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Travels with Martina Day 10 Part 1 - Starry starry night at Atelier des Lumieres
Some of the world's best and most famous pieces of art can be found in Paris -- the museums are reason enough to visit the city. Unfortunately, they have also become so crowded during peak tourist...
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Travels with Martina Day 10 Part 2 : Strolling along the Champs Elysee
It is practically unforgivable, at least in my eyes (and that of Martina's certainly) that this series of posts about her European vacation have been left unfinished these past four years. Let me try...
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