Friday, January 23, 2026

CRUEL FATE


 I went for a loooong walk along the Danube yesterday and came across this wreckage of a former FORMER FLOATING RESTAURANT YOU CAN SEE HERE. Like other floating restaurants, it apparently was abandoned and 'moved' down away from the prime location it had. I had eaten there many times. Now all that remains of this one and others that met a similar fate is debris. I have to point out that there is another restaurant in its place: a horrible, literally square structure with absolutely no charm.

DINING IN DECADENCE

  I have always wanted to dine at Paris's lavish restaurant Le Train Bleu, in the Gare de Lyon. Yesterday I did, and it was fabulous.