The very first night of my year-long holiday was spent in Paris, at L’Hotel De Sers, just off the Champs Elysées, It’s a gorgeous hotel in a perfect location, and it took real effort to tear myself away to explore Paris for the evening. A fine meal and a one walk later I returned to De Sers, to experience the only black mark I could give them for my visit. €70 for a double whiskey! And we’re not talking a 40 year old single malt here, this was the house whiskey. Truly ridiculous and that kind of thing can leave a really bad taste in the mouth.

All was forgiven in the morning, however. How could you hate anywhere where you wake up to this:

De Sers view