All's Well That Ends Well (or ça va bien)
SOMETIMES, the planets align to create a perfect day. You will not know when this is going to happen. All the signs were really quite bad. A friend and I had booked a day-trip to Paris (only 2.5 hours away on the high-speed Eurostar shuttle) at the bargain-basement fare of £69 each, return. There are a couple of drawbacks to this fare: you need to book quite a long time in advance, and you need to travel early. This can mean a very long day on the move, so you need to plan carefully, but it is quite doable - I set myself the challenge at least once a year. My advice is to go midweek, on the cusp of the seasons, avoiding peak holiday periods. And don't be too ambitious. Prioritise; you can't do everything. The first challenge was lunch. My friend is very vegetarian (no exceptions), and Paris fine dining is not kind to vegetarians. In the main it is either/or, not both in the same establishment. French chefs may love vegetables, but a meal is not a meal without meat, so a decent ...