The Parisienne Woman in the Tropics
She strolls through the hotel lobby with a carefully crafted nonchalance that deceives no one: here is the Parisienne in tropical lands. Neither entirely a tourist, nor truly a local, she embodies the fascinating paradox of urban elegance transplanted beneath the palms. But who really is this woman who refuses to choose between the spirit of the Left Bank and the languor of the islands? Marie arrives in Phuket each winter for the past five years. A Parisian interior designer, she discovered Thailand during a business trip and has never truly …
