by Minter Dial | Mar 19, 2007 | Travel
Can’t think of an industry that does less to please its clients than Parisian taxis. The list of challenges is long: bad attitudes, no responsibility (central authority metes out no punishment), cost, unavailability… The thing that got me so riled up this...
by Minter Dial | Feb 11, 2007 | Travel
I read the IHT (Jan 26 2007) advertised section promoting “doing business in France.” The following excerpt caught my attention about the notoriety of the Grandes Ecoles: “Grands Ecoles: Great schools leading to great jobs… Ms. XXX arrived at...
by Minter Dial | Jan 30, 2007 | Travel
This was a perfectly trendy restaurant in Notting Hill, London, and, with a happy air, we all ordered our choices off the menu. Only upon further review did I notice a few oddities. Was it a French restaurant in London run by the Chinese? An English owner who had...