Catch up 1...

I've realised that at this rate, I'm never going to catch up with my latest travels in this blog, so I thought I'd polish a couple off in one go...

Paris (2005) - Fantastic, cool city. Our sub-publishers are in the 14th arrondissment which is a really nice area...A bit like Soho crossed with Covent Garden and Camden. Met our sub-publishers...Once again very nice people and saw many of the sites of the city. We found a nice vegetarian restaurant which I can recommend (Piccolo Teatro 6 rue des Ecouffes, 75004)(The waitress was from Southend!!!). Took a stroll through Les Jardins Des Tullieres (Trés chaud) on the way there and walked back through some very cool gay and Jewish areas before getting the Metro back to the hotel.

Cannes (Jan 2006) - This was a trip to MIDEM, the music conference. That went very well...Got a new sub publisher in Germany...Worth the trip alone!!!. We were really impressed with Cannes though. It's a lovely spot. I did a sort of tour of hotels. I started at The Garden Beach in Juan-les-Pins and due to good upgrade skills ended up in one of the best rooms in the hotel. It had a private balcony with fantastic views over the bay...It was lovely waking up to hear the waters lapping at the beach below. We finished with a couple of days at the Carlton, where we were upgraded again...Had a fourth floor room overlooking the sea...Perfect!!! The Bar des Célébrités does a fine Martini. I also had a night in the Hilton...I was upgraded yet again and had a fantastic room which wouldn't have looked out of place on a James Bond film set. As usual, I have a restaurant recommendation...It's Al Gambero, 18,Rue du Commandment André, 064000, Cannes...A really nice and friendly Italian restaurant.

Prague and Paris 2 coming soon!!!