I’ve been on the road a lot lately. This post is going up halfway round the world from home. (Am in China on biz and will write about that soon, too.) I thought I’d take the jet lag time (read: can’t sleep) to catch up on recent travels.
Here are a few tips from a recent business trip to Paris. After the training course in St. Ouen, I treated myself to one night near Notre Dame. My Mom recommended a small hotel on Ile St Louis, right in the heart of the city. It’s called Hôtel de Lutèce. Recommendations of this nature are always tricky… this place is small but I loved it. The rooms are small, it’s not five-star service. Maybe it’s not your style. The price is good for the location, though, and I didn’t come for five-star service.
I came for the cheese across the street from the lovely hotel entrance…
for a steaming Nutella crepe and a stroll along the Seine…
for happening upon a beautiful nighttime service in Notre Dame…
and for a wonderful lamb dinner with the lovely Tara Bradford of Paris Parfait at Le Petit Chatelet, right next to the current incarnation of Shakespeare & Company, where I browsed English books to my heart’s content.
Not bad for one evening!
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Sounds delightful ! I hope you are having as much fun in China ! Let’s schedule a call when you areback in Europe…
Oh My—the cheese!
I am really missing Paris-hope to get over this Winter.
So glad you loved the hotel—that location is special. There is a wonderful story that Cary Grant called either Hotel Lutece or the Hotel St. Louis to make a reservation and they told him it was a small hotel and probably not what he was used to! He told them it was exactly what he wanted!
L,
Mom