France

Secret Paris: bicycles, vegetables and bistros

When you know Paris quite well, you are always looking for something different or quirky. How many times do you want to drag yourself through the Louvre anyway? Some enterprising Slow Food people have set up a company called Terroirs d’Avenir to help foodies access top of the line edibles from small producers. It’s all terribly cloak and dagger.

We’ll always have Paris

After ten magical days, I boarded a plane bound for home. My red fleece coat was balled up in my suitcase, replaced by black cigarette pants and pumps. I didn’t want to simply be recognized as someone who had travelled to France; I wanted to be mistaken for someone who was French.