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Passage 53, Paris
Passage 53 is one of several restaurants that our local friends (D & C) made a reservation for the four of us for our week in Paris. The restaurant is quite difficult to find as it is hidden in the oldest arcade in Paris (Passage des Panoramas) among specialty shops that sell stamps and postcards.
Astier de Villatte, Paris
This is our first visit of Paris after a long while. IT and MW had visited this city many times and knew it better than us. So we followed them. Astier de Villatte is a lifestyle store on Rue Saint-Honoré not far from the Palais-Royal. I(Chris) spent almost an hour in this shop while IT
Rue du petit pont #2, Paris
We spent a week in Paris in the beginning of June. Since there were a total of four of us, we decided to rent an apartment again – like what we did in Vienna and Barcelona in past years. This arrangement saved us money, gave us more room to move about. Apartments in Europe are
In and around Emmental
I(Chris) had a 2-day business meeting in the Emmental – a region in west central Switzerland, forming part of the canton of Bern. It was supposed to be a drive that is less than 2 hours from our office, according to an estimate made by Google map. But due to road works near Burgdorf (the
