Paris

Bras­serie St Louis, Musee de Cluny, Café de la Place in the Marais, Flea Mar­ket, and a won­der­ful tiny flat on the 4^th floor on the Ile St Louis.  April in Paris may be mar­vel­lous, but Feb­ru­ary is pretty good too.  Like most big long-estalished European ciies, it’s so reward­ing to just wander almost at ran­dom, and come up with little gems round every corner.

Eurostar on the way back was delayed leav­ing by Brit­ish pass­port officers under­staffed and work­ing to rule so we found out that, provided you are at the front of the Eurostar and make a prompt exit, you can get from St Pan­cras arrival to King’s Cross depar­ture in 7 minutes, at a very brisk pace, hav­ing ori­gin­ally allowed 31 minutes for this transfer.