First up, before we get to price-gouging Paris, London is calling. Conor Pope wanders about Camden in LondonHeaven knows it’s miserable now, I think, as we walk past a heaving T-shirt shop engaged in a rough trade of Smiths merch. The former is a breathtaking celebration of difference, while the latter is a super-cute hymn to a welcoming, multicultural London. Then we take our leave of Marlyebone and travel to St Pancras Station for the train under the sea, bound for Paris. I’ve been in Paris many times, but have never been as badly gouged as on this occasion.

Source: The Irish Times April 06, 2026 05:34 UTC