Lisa usually sends me off with bags of vitamins for each day, but no worries, the hotel had a vitamin bar at breakfast. How cool is that?

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You may have read about the Paris bike scheme, but seeing it in action was really something. Pay a Euro, take a bike, and leave it at the next station. Rides are free for the first thirty minutes, so unless you’re a slow-poke, you can get a free ride. There are hundreds of stations and [...]

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I set out this morning to roam the streets of Paris and see some art. The highlight was the L’atelier d’Alberto Giacometti exposition at the Pompidou. I’ve never seen such an exhaustive exhibition documenting an artist’s life, including letters, ephemera, articles, over 600 works, his studio … truly exhaustive. Even though Giacometti is best known [...]

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I arrived at the hotel in Paris to find apples on the pillows and this guy in the bathroom. I assume we are supposed to take the duck with us, but either way, he’s coming back to Ireland.

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We took a day trip to visit the Chartres Cathedral. I have always loved mazes and labyrinths. When I was a kid I would often spend hours drawing mazes and before coming to Ireland I bought a book on labyrinths. Perhaps the most famous labyrinth is the one from the Chartres Cathedral and I was [...]

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