We will always have Paris

This weekend we finally made it to Paris again. Last time was 4 years ago - and I really wanted to go back to show the kid the Eiffel Tower and where the love between her parents begun. We went for lunch at the bistro where we first ate together and passed by the bar where we first had drinks. Good memories to treasure forever - so it is good to relive these moments sometimes. Saturday we went to the Eiffel Tower, and sat down to see some skaters do their thing with the most perfect views. Our daughter fitted right in with her bomber jacket, sneakers and her trying to do tricks on her step. She is the coolest. We walked by the canal St Martin, full of people lunching or drinking wine by the water.

After an afternoon of walking we rested a little while at the hotel, enjoying the terrace and the nice room, before going to dinner at La Régalade - a restaurant where they still serve you the entire terrine of paté with a jar of pickles for your fresh bread and the best rice pudding with a wooden spoon. Delicious. After dinner, we went for a late night walk around the Louvre (outside), to see the lights of the Eiffel Tower and the big wheel. Even at night, Paris is a stunner. After a good night's sleep and breakfast, we went to walk around Le Jardin des Tuileries, sat in the green chairs beside the fountain in the sun and let the kid have some fun at the playground. After an afternoon stroll at Le Marais, we got back in the car and made our way home.

Paris will always have a special place in my heart, because that is where I met the man of my life. I think Olivia has a little bit of Paris in her heart now too - because in the car back home she missed Paris already. What a great, sunny weekend!

More Paris; Here, and here

The Thalasso Getaway

After my post about Saint Malo (here), here I am again with a diary of my stay at Le Grand Hotel des Thermes and the Thalasso attached to it. I arrived at the station of Saint Malo after a 6 hour train journey to this monumental hotel, where I was shown to my beautiful sea view room.

 This was the view of my room.

After settling in, I went for a very nice lunch in the gastronomic restaurant of the hotel 'Cap Horn'

I changed into my bathrobe and slippers and took the elevator down to the Thalasso of the hotel, because my 'thalasso thérapie' program was about to start.

On the program:

massages, seaweed wraps, multi-jet baths, facial treatment, manual affusion shower, under water showers, marine draining, ondorelax,...

I was pampered, alright.

 In between treatments I went swimming, or in the hammam or sauna or chilled in the sea view lounge with some bio tea.

After a 'busy' day, I went for a nice dinner and a glass of wine and I was in bed by 10! Feeling so relaxed and balanced already, and that was only day 1...you can imagine me after 2 & 3 :)

Isn't this the face of a super relaxed woman?

 

I had never experienced a thalasso getaway before, but I can very much recommend it, now that I have lived it to the fullest. Everything was exactly how it was supposed to be, the hotel, the food, the treatments, the friendly staff.

They also organise mommy & baby getaways, which seems like such a good idea when you are a young mom, as they have a licenced day care during your treatments and all sorts of activities adapted to mommy & baby.

 

This 3-day getaway was offered to me by Elle België, Atout France and Les Thermes Marins de Saint Malo.

Thanks to them all for a perfect organisation and the kind welcome.