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Paris: Mixing The Modern & The Traditional ~ continued
Articles & photos by Lucy Komisar
Articles & photos by Lucy Komisar
A large white and gray marble bathroom came
complete with terry bathrobe and scale in
pounds and kilos, necessary to keep one's
caloric wits in a city as gastronomic as Paris.
I immediately set my computer up on the black
marble desk with ample power supply for plugs
and I accessed the internet via wi-fi,
downloaded messages, and pulled out the
Range Roamer to make some more calls.
Let me explain about the Range Roamer. You
order it in the U.S. and you can use it with the
same phone number in most countries of the
world. The system is run by ChitChat
complete with terry bathrobe and scale in
pounds and kilos, necessary to keep one's
caloric wits in a city as gastronomic as Paris.
I immediately set my computer up on the black
marble desk with ample power supply for plugs
and I accessed the internet via wi-fi,
downloaded messages, and pulled out the
Range Roamer to make some more calls.
Let me explain about the Range Roamer. You
order it in the U.S. and you can use it with the
same phone number in most countries of the
world. The system is run by ChitChat
It uses the call-back system, which takes
advantage of cheap phone rates in selected
countries – in this case Estonia! You call a
number and hang up after a ring. A written
message on the screen tells you to wait. Then
you get called back from the system, you wait
while it dials the number you called, and your
party picks up, never knowing the process. You
can do this anyplace in Europe, or in fact in 160
advantage of cheap phone rates in selected
countries – in this case Estonia! You call a
number and hang up after a ring. A written
message on the screen tells you to wait. Then
you get called back from the system, you wait
while it dials the number you called, and your
party picks up, never knowing the process. You
can do this anyplace in Europe, or in fact in 160
A major advantage of Range Roamer is that you are billed by credit card only for the calls
you make; you don't have to buy prepaid minutes. I still have a receipt for 10 Euros of
French Orange minutes I never used because when I returned for a few days the next
year, my number had expired and it wasn't worth 30 euros to get a new one!
The only downside is that when people in France, for example, call you, they dial 00372,
the country code for Estonia, not a local number. However, with the expanded European
Union, people are used to dialing once-strange area codes. And if you're traveling
among several countries, any "local" number you get becomes long-distance once you
cross the border.
At the Bel-Ami, you get an individual phone number that rings directly in your room. So, I
gave people in Paris both numbers, so they could reach me at the local hotel phone if I
was there.
you make; you don't have to buy prepaid minutes. I still have a receipt for 10 Euros of
French Orange minutes I never used because when I returned for a few days the next
year, my number had expired and it wasn't worth 30 euros to get a new one!
The only downside is that when people in France, for example, call you, they dial 00372,
the country code for Estonia, not a local number. However, with the expanded European
Union, people are used to dialing once-strange area codes. And if you're traveling
among several countries, any "local" number you get becomes long-distance once you
cross the border.
At the Bel-Ami, you get an individual phone number that rings directly in your room. So, I
gave people in Paris both numbers, so they could reach me at the local hotel phone if I
was there.
Communications, Inc., a Chicago company, which started out selling calling cards and has
been operating this service since 2006.
been operating this service since 2006.
countries of the world.
Plus you get that number before you leave the U.S. – along with a stack of business
cards – so you can give it out to friends and associates at home and abroad and put it
on your answering machine or out-of-office email message. You also get a second
battery as well as a charger with multiple sliding prongs that fit into any kind of outlet.
Plus you get that number before you leave the U.S. – along with a stack of business
cards – so you can give it out to friends and associates at home and abroad and put it
on your answering machine or out-of-office email message. You also get a second
battery as well as a charger with multiple sliding prongs that fit into any kind of outlet.
In the morning, I visited the Bel-Ami's
ground-floor breakfast room, appointed
with modern art on the walls and buffet
tables with eggs and sausage, croissants
and rolls, fresh fruits, yogurts, even
mesclun salad with a personal bottle of
olive oil and balsamic vinegar. First time I
was served salad for breakfast!
Somehow, I never got to the hotel's fitness
center and spa. But I got a lot of exercise,
ground-floor breakfast room, appointed
with modern art on the walls and buffet
tables with eggs and sausage, croissants
and rolls, fresh fruits, yogurts, even
mesclun salad with a personal bottle of
olive oil and balsamic vinegar. First time I
was served salad for breakfast!
Somehow, I never got to the hotel's fitness
center and spa. But I got a lot of exercise,
nonetheless, the kind I like – wandering around a museum. When I finished my Paris
interviews, I took a morning off to see an astonishing exhibit, "Picasso and the
Masters" at the Grand Palais. It was a hot ticket; the wait for those without advance
tickets was an hour or more.
interviews, I took a morning off to see an astonishing exhibit, "Picasso and the
Masters" at the Grand Palais. It was a hot ticket; the wait for those without advance
tickets was an hour or more.