Laduree – A Royal Tourist Trap in Paris

A long line formed outside Ladurée, rue Royale, Paris I have long worked right next to the Ladurée, the famed French patisserie, on rue Royale, the site of the company’s very first store at its founding in 1862.  If there is one place which incarnates Paris in...

Parking nightmare in Paris in August 2009

If you drive a car in Paris, then you know what a daily battle it is to find a parking place…. especially one that is not under a pigeon-infested tree which will cause the chrome paint to dissolve the following morning because of all the pigeon dooodoo. On...

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