Here we are, mid-October on the Grand St Bernard Pass, and the first blizzard of the season is roaring. Can't see a thing out the window. Typically, the pass is only clear from mid-June, which doesn't leave much of a window for a comfortable crossing on ... till the only ones left are the signora with the walker and I. We enter a tunnel (there is a sign showing a smiling Saint Bernard dog below the title: ?Saint Bernard: le Tunnel,? as if it were some sort of attraction), ...
The late Bernard Loiseau lives on here, smiling from the cover, and although Brasserie Lipp has a reputation for looking at guests with a bit of disdain, if you buy the Chez Lipp book, you don't have to worry about eating your Île Flottante on a deserted ... If interested, just ask and M. Huchet will open any up so you can get a better look. The stand is open daily, normally in the afternoons, weather-permitting. Alain Huchet Quai Conti (facing the Hôtel de la Monnaie) ...
