We stayed in Paris for one week. In a studio apartment we found via LivinParis , which is similar to

Okay, bear with me here, this will be a long post with many many pictures. Paris was probably my favorite part of the trip. At the beginning of the trip I was really intimidated. Before we left for our trip John burned me some cd s to listen to in the car to learn French and Italian. The only other language I partially know is Spanish. I found the Italian fairly familiar but the French was very foreign. Not to mention that the French lesson was by a different company travel airline tickets than the Italian and it wasn t very good. I hate looking like an American tourist when traveling and like to do what I can to blend in. Knowing a tiny bit of French would have made this easier. As it turns out, I have a really good ear for language. I can hear and repeat things with pretty good pronunciation. The problem with that is that people assume I know what I m talking about and start speaking to me in French, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish etc. I also have a face that easily blends in any culture. So of course John wanted me to do all the talking, travel airline tickets but then I would panic when I didn t understand. On the upside, most people speak English and I feel like everyone was appreciative of my efforts. Another bonus that we noticed was that other Americans were often greeted and spoken to in English but people usually started travel airline tickets with us in French, always flattering when traveling, one old woman even stopped and tried to ask me for directions!
We stayed in Paris for one week. In a studio apartment we found via LivinParis , which is similar to Air BnB but specific only to Paris. The apartment was literally about a block away from the Louvre and cost about 700 Euro for an entire week. You can t beat that!
For the most part, we kind of avoided things that were super touristy. travel airline tickets We usually like to just kinda do what the locals do. Take the subway travel airline tickets into a neighborhood, wander around, shop, hang out in cafes etc. We like to slow down, and relax, rather than stress out about schedules and stand in lines.
Speaking of café (which by the way, is café un creme not café au lait, a common American give-away). I guess France is not really known to have good coffee. But Telescope travel airline tickets coffee knows what they are doing! Definitely worth a visit if you find yourself looking for a good cup of joe in Paris.
One of my all time favorite Paris memories was spent at the Louvre travel airline tickets gardens taking in the tower at dusk. We took a picnic to the park then sat by the fountain and watched the most beautiful travel airline tickets sunset ever. I was under the impression that as soon as the sun went down the tower would light up and twinkle for the first 10 minutes travel airline tickets of every hour. The most beautiful twinkling travel airline tickets lights you can imagine. Apparently I heard wrong because the sun went down fairly early but the lights didn t go off until at least nine. But we waited in the park, because it was absolutely beautiful that evening, and I was determined to see the lights twinkle!
Paris is often refered travel airline tickets to as La Ville-Lumiére (The City of Light) and I really can t explain to you just how breathtaking it all was. The glow and the light was engulfing and unlike anything I have ever seen.
Paris other nickname? Well .maybe not a nickname but they say Paris is for Lovers . We totally got that memo. How could you not fall in love all over again in such a romantic and beautiful place, awash with twinkling lights and gorgeous architecture? Not to mention that we were just a few weeks away from celebrating 2 years of marriage and 11 and a half years together! How handsome does my husband look here!?
Visited the Sacre Coeur (which I still can t pronounce) in Montmartre. It sits at the highest point in the city and therefore has some pretty amazing views. Tons of tourists who want to hang out there all day. Because of this, there are also a lot of local scam artists. (Like the guys who try to tie a friendship travel airline tickets bracelet onto you, they just want to distract your boy so they can steal his wallet, travel airline tickets wave them off. And also the girls who want you to sign petitions of some sort. They are also known to pick pocket, travel airline tickets but I just witnessed a lot of tourists, just handing over money!)
Being vegetarian, our food experience in Paris was a bit different than what you might expect. Since much of the French diet is centered around meat, we opted instead for simple foods . We looked up the best baguettes travel airline tickets in paris and found that #7 on the list was right down our street. We didn t get to try #1, but let me tell you, #7 was out of this world and cost about 1euro. Also on our street was a small produce stand where we could get vine ripe tomatoes and a fancy fromagerie where we could get fresh cheese of our liking and olives. This is essentially travel airline tickets what we ate, day in and day out, without complaint.
Shopping travel airline tickets at Merci . An amazing concept store filled with great stuff. All of the proceeds go to charities. We bought some rad blankets that say Merci on them, as well as some enameled espresso sets and some other odds and ends.
We went fairly early on a day when the weather travel airline tickets wasn t at its best, this also meant there weren t as many tourists. Although, dont get me wrong, there were still a ton. But the upside was that the long line to climb the famous bell tower, wasn t as long as usual. We waited travel airline tickets for probably about an hour. But it s definitely worth the wait. It is by far the best view of Paris and you can see every inch of it! The tower itself is a long way up a tiny tiny winding staircase. Its dizzying and tiring, but once you arrive travel airline tickets at the top you are given plenty of time to enjoy the views.
Reaaaallllly long story short: Paris was unbelievable. I feel so fortunate to have visited it and I hope to visit it again. When the week ended we really felt like we hadn t had enough travel airline tickets time. Which always leaves more for next time!