Tag: Paris
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Cocktails in Paris – La fin de la sécheresse
Order a Martini in France and God only knows what you’ll get. The only certainty is that it will not have 8 parts gin to 1 part dry vermouth. Over the years when traveling to France, I can content myself with excellent glasses of wine, champagne and even the beer is quite good. But sometimes…
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Tour-ing Eiffel
The Miller family scaled the Eiger Eiffel Tower (aka en français, Le Tour Eiffel). We took the approach from the Southwest Base, and made it to the 2nd stage, but we failed to summit. Conditions were good: moderately cool, light breeze, and we got out early before the German expedition arrived. That was fortunate. Apparently,…