DISCOVER PARIS
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A VALENTINE’S DAY PRESENT FROM HER
HUSBAND SAW JO VAUGHAN FALLING IN
LOVE WITH THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE
ABOVE: Paris is a
compact city you
can largely explore
on foot – and you
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AST VALENTINE’S DAY my central location the site isn’t over noisy, as Waiting for lifts had worked up an
husband decided to surprise me it is flanked on one side by the river Seine appetite. Paris is not the place to be if
with a special weekend away to the and on the other by trees that interrupt you’re on a diet, and you don’t have to go
can take your
most romantic city on Earth – Paris. But we the road noise. to a gourmet restaurant to find amazing
caravan or didn’tdrive to the airport as many would – With a hint of spring in the air, what food. Along almost every street –
motorhome close
he loaded up our motor caravan and we else would we do but head particularly around Notre Dame – are
to the centre
RIGHT: Notre Dame
continued to Dover and a short hop across up the Eiffel Tower for the best view in countless bistros and bars, often with
and the river Seine
the Channel. From there it was barely a Paris? I’d wanted to scale its 276m for tables lined up along the pavements so
three-hour drive to Camping du Bois de many years, but it took a lot of courage – you can enjoy the street entertainments
Boulogne. not only to start queuing but to stick with as you eat.
Only a 15-minute bus ride from central it after an hour of waiting in line. Once Our feet were pretty sore by this point, so
Paris, this campsite is the perfect base for we’d reached the second level we had we boarded one of the many open-topped
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a city break. During the summer season another long wait to get the central lift up buses that wind their way through the
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the site runs its own private bus to and to the top floor. By the time you get to the chaotic Paris traffic. It’s a great way to take
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it’s just a five-minute walk through an by the array of famous monuments of time, and in the laziest manner.
attractive park to the bus stop. Despite its blurring into one far below. On Sunday morning we left our motor
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