ENHANCE YOUR JOURNEY

By Christina Monk  ·  Vie de Luxe Travel I'm sitting on cool marble steps in the early morning, outside — awaiting the sunrise. There is a kind of humid heat that wraps itself around me like a second skin. The sun is just beginning to rise over a mountain, and silhouettes of jungle — a thousand variations of green — stretch into the distance. Quietly, I begin to hear the beating of distant drums. Is this real? Then, one by one, the native monkeys begin. First one, then a doze

As a half French woman, my dream is for everyone to see Paris the way I do - whether it's sitting in a sun-drenched café, enjoying a warm...