One of the things nobody ever mentions when they’re talking about wandering around romantic European cities (let’s take Paris, for example) is how exhausting it can get.…
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Paris to Milan on the overnight train
The last time I slept on an overnight train was in Vietnam. My expectations for comfort were so low that I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that there was clean bedding…
The Amelie Tour de Paris
Now before you get excited, allow me to confess: I made this tour up. That doesn’t mean it is any less spectacular, just that you won’t be able to do it with a tour guide. Without…
What to love about Montmartre, Paris
If you’re planning a trip to Paris – even the most fleeting, 20-hours-between-travels trip, like we just did – you have to go to Montmartre. Scratch that – you have to stay…
The Eurostar experience
I think one of the (many) funny things about being South African is how we think the rest of the world is so far advanced in comparison to us. In many ways they are, of course,…
Imagine a Trampoline Bridge Across The Seine
Bizarre or super fun? Recently design agency, Atelier Zündel Cristea (AZC) a Paris-based architectural office, proposed a Trampoline-like Bridge in Paris. Since…
