My favorite city in the world is Paris. My favorite way to get there is by train. Fortunately we have an excellent train service from our local station Lamballe direct to the Ville des Lumierès or the City of Lights as it has been called since it became associated with the Age of Enlightenment. Or was it the installation of the gas lamps?!
Visitors trying to book a train to Paris need to keep away from the main sncf rail website as it's truly complicated and use the oui.sncf one instead! This is also where you will find some great bargains particularly if you are flexible and keep an eye out for the special offers! A routine check earlier today has tickets to Paris from Lamballe in December at only €20 each way!!
Paris has always been a cafè society but it's only over the last decade that the coffee served there has become drinkable. The old cafès bought their coffee beans cheap from the French colonies and unfortunately those Robusta beans are extremely bitter. It's not surprising you needed loads of sugar to compensate and the obligatory cigarette probably helped to remove the taste!
Now all has changed and there are some great cafés out there to hang around, socialise, make friends and enjoy the smoother aromatic Arabica beans! The coffee revolution or as the media referred to "la tendance australienne"was influenced by Australian and US immigrants who brought their demands for a better quality coffee with them. You could say the barista is now as important as the sommelier! So whether you want an iced mochaccino or a simply flat white you will enjoy great coffee all over the city. Here are some of the best cafés to hang out:
La Caféothéque 52 Rue deL'Hotel de Ville
http://www.lacafeotheque.com/
Télescope 5 rue Villedo, Paris 75001
Fringe 106 rue de Turenne, Paris 75003 http://www.fringecoffeeparis.com/
La Fontaine de Bellville 31 rue Juliette, Dodu, Paris 75010 https://cafesbelleville.com/pages/la-fontaine-de-belleville?lang=en
Grand Café Tortoni 45 rue de Saintonge, Paris 75003
https://fr-fr.facebook.com/grandcafetortoni/
Coutume 47 rue de Babylone, Paris 75007
https://coutumecafe.com/s/3214/Coutume+Babylone#d%C3%A9gustations
