Back to France

Les vacances have come to an end and Paris wriggles back into its skin.

 

Mona Monday

A painting of La Jaconde, closer to the size viewers expect to see.

 

Caramel crunch

Indescribable apple dessert topped with caramel au beurre salé ice cream, fait maison.

 Merci Jean-Christophe!

Mediterranean memory

 

A cala, one of many small inlets along the Spanish coastline near France

 

Bonnes vacances

  

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3 hours (or less) from Paris

Cadaqués, Spain

 

Recommended: fly/drive

PARIS - PERPIGNAN (France)
Direct flight (1-hr 30 min) + car rental (1-hr 20 min drive to Cadaqués)

 

PARIS - GIRONA

Direct flight (1-hr 45 min) + car rental (1-hr drive to Cadaqués)

 

 

Soldes out

 

Today marks the last day of the summer sales.

Above: sign in a window says dernière démarque (last markdown) 

Down time

 Relaxing riverside on the île Saint-Louis.

Floral Friday

 A café is ready for its morning patrons.