Family Best Moments

More from our Paris trip: the Seine cruise · the Louvre · the metro guide Paolo and Dimple taking a selfie in front of the west façade of Notre-Dame de Paris The last time we saw Notre-Dame, we were floating…

The Louvre staff had politely herded us out at closing time (read about our Louvre visit), and after an afternoon of masterpieces we were hungry. So we walked from the museum to dinner, which turned out to be Sapporo ramen…

More from our Louvre day: the overview · the Denon wing Dimple with the Venus de Milo A Greek goddess, a giant sphinx and a castle wall: the Louvre Sully wing fits them all under one roof. Venus de Milo:…

More from our Louvre day: the overview · the Sully wing Dimple walking down the Grande Galerie In the Louvre Denon wing, the Grande Galerie seems to go on forever, and that’s because it nearly does. Paintings line both walls…

More from our Louvre day: the Denon wing · the Sully wing Paolo and Dimple outside, with the glass pyramid behind them Every Louvre museum visit starts at the pyramid, and so did the selfie. Then we went down under…

The Eiffel Tower was behind us. So was a giant dinosaur skeleton, standing on a barge by the river like it had also bought a ticket. Not something you expect on the Seine. Dimple and I took the selfie anyway,…

Some hotel breakfasts whisper “continental.” This one had neon signs. At the H4 Hotel Wyndham Paris Pleyel Resort in Saint-Denis, just north of Paris, the breakfast restaurant, Le Chopin, is split into stations, each with its own glowing name. Follow…

Every good tour saves something big for the end. Our Paris illumination coach tour saved something 50 metres tall. After the Eiffel Tower sparkling over Trocadéro, Dimple, Tin and I figured the night couldn’t get much more dramatic. Then the…

The tower was glowing gold. Dimple, Tin and I were standing at Trocadéro, phones ready for the Eiffel Tower sparkle, pretending we weren’t counting down to the hour. Then it hit. The whole tower burst into white sparkles, the beacon…

Some Paris squares are for sitting. Place Vendôme is for looking, ideally with your hands in your pockets and your credit card even deeper in your bag. Dimple, Tin and I walked it at night with a guide, when the…