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Read more: 144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.
If cities were supermodels, Shanghai would be the impossibly tall, other-worldly beauty, all height, confidence and angles, with silky molasses-coloured hair, improbably bright blue eyes, flawless skin. The kind of presence you simply can’t look away from. I was struck by her scale and shine. There’s a palpable sense of pride in what’s been built.…
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22. Finally had one of these
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21. Love letter to Hotel du Petit Moulin
Read more: 21. Love letter to Hotel du Petit MoulinI can not tell you how much I love this funny little hotel. Nestled on the corner of Rue de Poutou in the bosom of the Marais district, this 17th century building, the site of an ancient bakery, has been completely renovated. For me. Well perhaps it was renovated for some other people too, but…
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20. I’m sure someone was watching
Read more: 20. I’m sure someone was watchingFelt very secretly royal tonight. We threw ourselves at Paris, as we’re back on the Eurostar to London late tomorrow. We went for a cruise on the Seine (strangely only ten people shared our boat, although the other boats seemed packed), took a spin on a carousel with lots of wooping and giggling (very exclusive,…
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19. Two million people and none of them lost with us
Read more: 19. Two million people and none of them lost with usI like to think it’s a special skill of ours, being able to make finding the toilet in a large public structure such an adventure. We ended up on Level -2, just me and Stu , waiting for the laser beams to set off the alarms and bring on the swat teams. They might have…
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18. Bed for six madame?
Read more: 18. Bed for six madame?So we found ourselves at a hotspot called Derrriere for dinner. It’s fair to say, we were reasonably oblivious that it was a hot spot til well after the event. I think that’s the antenna that secret royalty are born with (sort of like a gaydar but for a different kind of appetite). A quirky…
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17. Suddenly I’m interested in Science
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Secret Royalty On Tour 