Stay #5 in Paris

This will be my fifth long stay in Paris. I began visiting the French capital when I was 10, stayed at the famous Hotel Lutecia then. Later I spent a couple of weeks teaching skiing on the Galleries Lafayette rooftop and have fond memories of it.

My next sojourn was for one month in the spring of 1973 as a ski salesman for my friend Michel Duret who used to manufacture boards branded to his last name. Tough to sell something no one really wants. It was a baptism by fire. The last time we were in Paris for three days was in 2002.

This is stay number 5. Do I know the French capital? Not really. Do I love it? Somehow, I think it's terribly polluted and crowded. Perhaps this stay will change my mind.