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Burgers at The Ritz: The Hemingway Bar


The prices at The Hemingway Bar at The Ritz Hotel in Paris are staggeringly expensive; cocktails €30, a glass of champagne €27 and a bottle of  beer €14.  Ouch.  In fairness the experience is well worth the money.

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Kinnitty Castle: Gothic with a Ghost


I headed off on Saturday morning with my good friends A, J, and M for the depths of middle Ireland. We were on our way to Kinnitty Castle Hotel in County Offaly for a short break.

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♥ Packed

 

I have  packed my bag and I am ready to go.  I am off to spend the weekend in a Gothic castle where a ghostly monk stalks the corridors.  Here’s hoping I don’t bump into the spectre on his nocturnal rounds.

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♥ Parisian Chic


As I have visited Paris a lot in recent years, I have accumulated a mini-library of guides to the City of Light.  My favourite is one I bought recently.  It’s simply called La Parisienne by Ines de la Fressange (with Sophie Gachet).  Ines is of course the quintessential Parisienne even though she was born near St Tropez in the South of France.

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♥ The Third Man


I have always believed that koala bears are warm cuddly creatures who live in peaceful co-existence with the rest of the animal kingdom and of course humankind.   I am afraid to look them up on Wiki in case this is not so.

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