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The Lost Children of Paris

As we walk around Paris we can learn something more at every step we take. This plaque appears on the school next door to the Eglise St Severin on rue St Jacques. Nothing more needs to be said. To the memory of the children, pupils of this school, deported from 1942 to 1944 because they […]

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Golden sandy beaches, palm trees swaying in the summer breeze, little giggling children running around in their bathers, pina coladas on ice with petite paper umbrellas… so where in the world is Carmen Santiago you may ask? Paris. Duh! For the month of August, the banks of the Seine River temporarily transform into the world […]

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Another building, another photo?? Travelers to Paris wander the streets with their cameras at the ready, taking photographs of the magnificent buildings and structures that envelope them. It’s hard not to become mesmerised by the sheer beauty in front of you. A friend of mine once said to me “the more one travels to Paris, […]

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Music Mayhem in France!

Get your diary out and mark in this date – 21 June! This is the day every year when France celebrates music of any kind, from the north to the south, the west to the east. For the “Fete de la Musique” every year on this day France celebrates Music. I’ve been lucky enough to […]

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What am I going to do for my 50th birthday? Hide, throw a big party, enrol for a membership at the gym? All of these?? After much deliberation I chose to take my family to Paris in July for my big birthday. I decided against the big party – sorry to my friends! I didn’t […]

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