PARIS – As soon as the first rays of light filter through the louvred blinds, I reach for the bedside controls.
The blinds roll up like curtains preluding a concert and there it is – the pointed triangle of the Eiffel Tower in the distance, in a sea of buildings stretching to the horizon.
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