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It was a last minute change. We hopped our morning TGV after seeing un peu du l’arte nouveau in Nancy, and boom…there we were in Paris just in time to miss lunch.

Hotel de Nell is just a quick minute from Gare de l’Est and ideally situated for walking between Marais and Montmartre in pedestrian friendly (and pedestrian tolerant) zones. We were not able to get a balcony suite at the last minute, but we were assigned an excellent little room with a view and bonus church bells. It may have been 41?

We checked in, freshened up, and headed out for a great meal at La Cantine de Sam. Sam is incredibly friendly and the Lebanese food is out of this world.

Walking from the Opéra both down to the river and up to Montparnesse with no plan is excellent.

We took a left turn into a Banksy pop up completely at random.

And then we fancied up a notch and headed down for some jazz at Sunset-sunside. The show by Karl Jannuska was excellent. Late night pommes frites at Le Magnum Bar at 1am may have happened.

The next morning, we hopped an uber in the rain to drop our bags off at Ile St Louis and meet Yo and caroline for lunch.

A whirlwind five showerheads for Hotel de Nell. We hope to return soon.