It's traditional for Parisians to escape the city in August and swap their super chic apartments for their holiday homes in the south of France. Last year I naively thought 'but how many people actually do that? Surely the city won't be that empty!'. Well, I couldn't have been more wrong! All our favourite independent shops and cafés were closed for weeks on end, and the streets were overrun with tourists. So this year I'm going to channel my inner Parisian and take a trip!