Thursday, December 2, 2021 Abu Dhabi, UAE Visiting Yet Another Huge Attraction in Abu Dhabi: The Louvre Abu Dhabi After yet another leisurely lie-in, Llew and I showered, dressed and went out to meet our hosts. Meena and Ashley asked if we would like to have a South Indian breakfast. It seemed like…
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Goodbye South Korea, Hello India—Breakfast at Paris Baguette and Mass at Myeongdong Cathedral
Sunday, August 26, 2018 Seoul-Shanghai-Bombay Goodbye South Korea, Hello India Our last day together had dawned and I felt deeply sentimental about separating from Llew for a whole year—almost. We awoke and walked towards the little streets of Myeongdong looking for Paris Baguette from where we hoped to get a good breakfast with some fancy…
Final Day in Paris and Return to London.
December 10, 2016, Saturday: Paris-London Final Day in Paris and Return to London. And so the day finally dawned when I would leave the City of Lights and get back to London. I awoke at 6.30 am, spent an hour catching up through wifi on email and Twitter and at 7.30 am, I…
Exhausting Second-Last Day in Paris: Parc Montsourris, Eiffel Tower, La Defence, Sacre-Coeur, the Louvre.
December 9, 2016, Friday: Paris An Exhausting Second-Last Day in Paris—Eiffel Tower, La Defence, Sacre-Coeur and The Louvre Awaking at Cite-Universitaire to the sound of the tram bell on Boulevarde Jourdan, I showered, dressed and decided to try to find a coffee nearer at hand than the café of the complex (which was a…
First-Time Forays into Islamic Paris…and Other Attractions
December 8, 2016, Thursday: Paris First-Time Forays into Islamic Paris…and other Attractions For some odd reason, I had a rather late start today—probably was not woken up by the tram bell outside my window. A 7.45 am rising is late by my standards. I had a Pierre Herme Ispahan croissant for brekkie with orange…
Parisian Museums and More: Musee de la Mode and Musee de L’Homme
December 7, 2016, Wednesday. Museums and More… In keeping with my resolve to see as many new places in Paris as possible, today, I awoke and decided to go to the Musee de la Mode de la Ville de Paris (the Museum of Fashion)—after all, there is no city in the world more a…
T’Was All About Impressionism…Macarons…and Crepes.
December 6, 2016, Tuesday: Paris Today was all About Impressionism…Macarons and Crepes I awoke at 6.00 am (yes, to the sound of the tram bell). I showered and fixed myself a smoked salmon baguette with salad which I would carry for lunch and ate pain de chocolat for brekkie. By the time I left…
Two Items Ticked Off a Parisian To-Do List: Opera Garnier and Cafe Angelina
December 5, 2016, Monday: Two Major Parisian Items Ticked off To-Do List—Opera Garnier and Café Angelina for Hot Chocolate Within a couple of days of being in Paris again, I felt as if I had never left. The ease with which I hopped in and out of trains, the fluency with which I…
Free Sunday Rolls Around Again in Paris
December 4, 2016, Sunday: Free Sunday Rolls Around Again in Paris. One of the great advantages of being in Paris on the first Sunday of each month is that you get to enter a lot of the museums and monuments for free. Most folks make a bee-line for the better-known ones such as the…
Loafing Around the Loire Valley
December 3, 2016, Saturday: Loafing Around Loire Valley Since Llew needed to be at Charles de Gaulle airport at 7.00 am for his 10.00 am return flight to the US, he left our place at Cite Universitaire at 6.00 am. I decided to wake up and leave with him and spend the day in…