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![Having now had the good fortune to have lived in Paris for three months and explored its many hidden corners, I thought I’d share some of the lesser-known delights with […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/P1050105-115x115.jpg "Secret treasures")
Secret treasures
Posted on December 26, 2010 | No CommentsHaving now had the good fortune to have lived in Paris for three months and explored its many hidden corners, I thought I’d share some of the lesser-known delights with […] -
![We found ourselves in a queue of hopefuls on the pavement of a nondescript quartier of Paris, part of a line snaking untidily around the outside corner of a dilapidated […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/redtape.bmp "Stuck")
Stuck
Posted on December 18, 2010 | No CommentsWe found ourselves in a queue of hopefuls on the pavement of a nondescript quartier of Paris, part of a line snaking untidily around the outside corner of a dilapidated […] -
![Paris – the gastronomic capital of the world. City of fabulous and fabulously expensive restaurants, we sampled one and I will describe the experience. But you don’t need to […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/P1050139-115x115.jpg "La grande bouffe")
La grande bouffe
Posted on December 12, 2010 | No CommentsParis – the gastronomic capital of the world. City of fabulous and fabulously expensive restaurants, we sampled one and I will describe the experience. But you don’t need to […] -
![Along a bend in the Seine stand some unusual buildings, which if you look closely you will see are in the shape of tall, open books. This is the enormous […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/P1040458-115x115.jpg "Summer imprints")
Summer imprints
Posted on December 5, 2010 | No CommentsAlong a bend in the Seine stand some unusual buildings, which if you look closely you will see are in the shape of tall, open books. This is the enormous […] -
![I’m quite a frugal person. I re-use tea bags. And, after washing them, plastic bags and glad wrap. And apart from some underwear and my wedding dress, I haven’t bought […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/P1040393-115x115.jpg "I think I’ll go shopping")
I think I’ll go shopping
Posted on November 28, 2010 | 4 CommentsI’m quite a frugal person. I re-use tea bags. And, after washing them, plastic bags and glad wrap. And apart from some underwear and my wedding dress, I haven’t bought […] -
![Like the locals, we lounge a lot in the parks. The chairs scattered around ask to be lingered on, they are olive or mustard coloured, and either upright or slightly […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/beggar1-115x115.jpg "Down and Out. . . and About")
Down and Out. . . and About
Posted on November 21, 2010 | No CommentsLike the locals, we lounge a lot in the parks. The chairs scattered around ask to be lingered on, they are olive or mustard coloured, and either upright or slightly […] -
![If you come to Paris for a few days or a week, conscientiously or gladly doing the rounds from one museum to another, interspersing a cruise along the Seine perhaps, […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/P10403881-115x115.jpg "Paris. Paris!")
Paris. Paris!
Posted on November 14, 2010 | No CommentsIf you come to Paris for a few days or a week, conscientiously or gladly doing the rounds from one museum to another, interspersing a cruise along the Seine perhaps, […] -
![Where was I? That’s right, I was talking about miscommunications in Spain. But having no idea what the waitress was saying when she offered us a choice of desserts was […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/P1040244-115x115.jpg "Lost in Translation")
Lost in Translation
Posted on November 7, 2010 | No CommentsWhere was I? That’s right, I was talking about miscommunications in Spain. But having no idea what the waitress was saying when she offered us a choice of desserts was […] -
![Spain is a country neither of us had been to before and we were curious to experience it for ourselves, and to see how long we could keep a straight […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/P1040021-115x115.jpg "Snippets of Spain")
Snippets of Spain
Posted on October 31, 2010 | 2 CommentsSpain is a country neither of us had been to before and we were curious to experience it for ourselves, and to see how long we could keep a straight […] -
![We had settled ourselves into our seats for the train journey from Barcelona to Valencia, around seven hours. Equipped with books and ipods, we were all prepared for a […]](https://www.paristoparenthood.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/train-tracks-115x115.jpg "On the motherhood track")
On the motherhood track
Posted on October 24, 2010 | No CommentsWe had settled ourselves into our seats for the train journey from Barcelona to Valencia, around seven hours. Equipped with books and ipods, we were all prepared for a […]