My Parisian Attic Was an Oven: I Tested an Air-Conditioned Refuge Near Saint-Lazare

A Parisian's story of being trapped in a sweltering apartment. On the verge of a meltdown, he tries the ultimate solution: an air-conditioned day hotel room at Hôtel Belleval, near Saint-Lazare. An analysis of a day of survival and rediscovered productivity.