My biking buddy Ed and I fuel our bodies with caffeine, breakfasting mainly on powerful but strangely sweet cortados (a kind of mini-cappuccino) in one of many pretty cafes.
The centre of the compact walled town is full of gorgeous boutiques and unusual jewellery stores (in case gifts are in order), pretty cafes with flower-filled gardens (should the Mediterranean sun make an appearance) and tiny bars with plenty of private nooks and crannies.
While its marina and pretty cafes make it a popular holiday destination, La Rochelle is also a major European gateway for West African logs.
So green and pretty, the Cafe's gazpacho is part of their restaurant week lunch menu, available now through August 10.
Upstairs, Akoya, a pretty Japanese cafe, offers Asian specialties, also overlooking the airfield, and sushi to go.
Trinity Leeds, Albion Street, 0113 394 2415, trinityleeds.com A deceptive one is the Pig, in that it still looks like a pretty drab cafe (with spam baps on the menu and prices to match – full breakfast with tea £4.50), but it is far more ambitious than your typical greasy spoon.
Pretty outdoor cafes serve lunch.
"When you know your numbers," says one of the ebooks, "you will have more money to spend on … music and sport, films and frivolity, fashion and flowers, pretty underwear, cafes and chocolates … fun in the sun holidays!!!" The course follows the GCSE syllabus, but relates it to real life, as Conran sees it.
Part of the Pretty Toni's Cafe experience is the background music — jazz at weekend brunches, Motown hits at dinner.
