Bienvenue!

   "Salu" and welcome to my first blog from a sultry Paris summer day here in the "City of Light"! Over the coming weeks and months I hope to give some very random updates on places, events and random trivia on some of the places that Quo Vadis Holidays shall be visiting with its guests in its inaugural touring season in 2012!

  For instance - many people mistakingly call Paris the "City of Lights" (a name it could well be justified in having bestowed upon it given the wonderful lighting displays on all its major monuments after the sun sets!) The correct nickname however ,"City of Light"(singular) refers to architect/city planner Baron von Haussman's opening-up of the old city in the 1800's to create its imposing grand boulevards and avenues that we see today. By doing this it allowed light to stream into the city (and also they say it allowed the troops to be mobilized around the city far quicker in case of uprisings by the people and also make the setting up of barricades by the rioters much more difficult!)

  A city that truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most beautiful, classy and elegant in the world that can leave the guest awestruck at its splendour and yet intrigued by its many varied and curious idiosyncrasies! Beguiling,sassy,chic, proud (and yes sometime en petit peu arrogant!),sexy,romantic,confusing,traditional,a city that lives and breathes every stereotype bestowed upon it (From locals walking the streets with their baguettes to elegant ladies strolling with poodles along Champs d'Elysse or Rue St Honore!)

  Tonight le cabaret Nouvelle Eve in the famed Pigalle district but more on that next time...!

  A la prochaine!