#Do - Support our local, independent bookstores. I found this cute quote on the steps of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris...

#Do - A lap of the Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Gardens). Planted in 1612, the gardens were created as part of the palace built for...

#Eat - A classic French dish! Bouillon Chartier was a tip from a local, tucked down a lane in the 9th arrondissement. Established in...

#Do - Musée d'Orsay. A very cool space with a wonderful selection of mostly French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from...

#Buy - A flea market treasure! I’d learnt of a couple of Paris flea markets, Les Puces de Saint-Ouen and Les Puces de Vanves, on opposite...

#Do - An early start to explore the Promenade Plantée (La Coulée Verte). This inner city garden path was created in 1988 out of a disused...

#Eat - Berthillon ice cream. Famous in Paris, their focus has been ice cream since 1954 and it’s still run by the Chauvin family -...

#Do - With a very early sunrise and an inability to sleep in, I was out the door of the hotel just after 6am this morning. It turns out...

#Do - Bike Paris! Having met up with Marisa, my lovely school friend who now lives in The Hague, we headed for our 'Parisian Day Bike...

I love the snow and winter scenery of the South Island, but I’m also very lucky to be heading for warmer weather for a couple of weeks. À...