My Parisian Apartment is an Oven: I Tested a 'Polar Nap' at Hôtel Mercedes to Survive the Tropical Nights

When tropical nights turn your Parisian apartment into a furnace, sleep is impossible. I tested the ultimate solution: a few hours' nap in the air-conditioned bliss of Hôtel Mercedes. A field report from my urban survival experience in the 17th arrondissement.