"Paris, Île de France" a Paris Travel Page by DrewV

Paris, France -- City of Lights, Crepes, and Surprisingly Friendly People

I like Paris. I really do. I admit, it helps that I speak French and that I'm naturally charming, but I really like the town. It's so...Parisian. Paris is one of those cities to which every other city is compared, usually unfavourably.

Paris has it all, and as such, time must be spent. If you try to do Paris in a few days, you are seriously shortchanging both yourself and the city. Paris' magic is not in its vast and overwhleming museums, its vast and overwhelming palaces, its vast and overwhelming parks, its vast and overwhelming departent stores, or its vast and overwhelming cathedrals.

The magic of Paris is sitting in a brasserie, drinking a Kronenbourg, watching the city unfold around you, and knowing that Hemingway or Sartre or Camus was at one point sitting, drinking, and watching just as you are. That's magic.

For those of you who have read this page already, it has been updated. There are brand-new travelogues full of witty commentary and brilliant photographs. Merci beaucoup!