"PARIS" a Paris Travel Page by wanderingbilly

THEY SAY PARIS IS THE MOST ROMANTIC CITY IN ALL THE WORLD.
WE HAVE BEEN TO PARIS ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE TIMES NOW AND I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT AFTER THE FIRST VISIT...I FELL IN LOVE WITH PARIS RIGHT FROM THE START..YOU COULD SAY IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,
AND PARIS HAS ITS FAIR SHARE OF THEM. STILL AFTER ALL THE TRIPS WE HAVE MADE TO THIS GREAT CITY WE ARE STILL FINDING MORE LITTLE GEMS THAT WE NEVER KNEW WHERE THERE. SO SHOULD IT BE A ROMANTIC WALK BY THE SEINE, TAKING JUST ONE MORE LOOK AT THE MONA LISA OR PEOPLE WATCHING ON THE CHAMPS ELYSEES PARIS WILL KEEP CALLING YOU BACK FOR MORE...AND LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL LADY THAT SHE IS YOU JUST WONT BE ABLE TO SAY NO...

MY PERFECT PARIS DAY WOULD START WITH A GOOD BREAKFAST TO SET YOU UP FOR THE DAY AHEAD..THEN IF LIKE US AND YOU VISIT PARIS IN JANUARY WHEN IT IS COLD BUT SUNNY YOU NEED TO WRAP UP WELL, THEN WASTE NO MORE TIME AND HIT THE STREETS AND SOAK UP THAT PARIS FEELING..I LOVE TO WALK THROUGH THE PARC DU CHAMP DE MARS TAKING IN THE STUNNING VIEW OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, EVEN IF YOU'VE SAW IT A MILLION TIMES IT NEVER FAILS TO MAKE YOU STOP AND LOOK UP..THEN ITS DOWN TO THE WATERS EDGE FOR A STROLL ALONG THE SEINE WATCHING THE TOUR BOATS AS YOU GO, PARIS HAS MANY BRIDGES BUT MY FAVOURITE IS THE PONT ALEXANDRE THE 3RD..THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE WAS THE FIRST SINGLE SPAN BRIDGE OVER THE SEINE AND HAS LOOKS TO DIE FOR..CROSSING OVER THE BRIDGE WE MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE PLACE DE CONCORDE AND INTO JARDIN DES TUILERIES FOR THAT PERFECT SUNDAY MORNING WALK IN THIS LOVELY 28 HECTARE GARDEN, PAUSE AT "CAFE VERY" FOR A COFFEE AND WATCH THE WORLD GO BY. FROM HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE STANDING PROUD AT THE TOP OF THE CHAMPS ELYSEES..LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND THE GRAND PYRAMIDE AT THE LOUVRE CATCHES YOUR GAZE..DOES LIFE GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS...? FROM THE GARDENS WE ONCE AGAIN MAKE OUR WAY ALONG THE BANKS OF THE SEINE TOWARD ILE DE LA CITE STOPPING ALONG THE WAY TO BROWSE AT THE BOOK STALLS THAT LINE THIS GREAT RIVER. ON ARRIVAL AT LA CITE THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME DRAW US IN..THE PERFECT END TO A PERFECT PARIS MORNING...

A NIGHT OUT IN PARIS FOR US IS CATCHING THE TRUSTY OLD METRO TO ST-MICHEL AND FINDING A LITTLE BAR FOR A PRE DINNER DRINK..THEN GOING TO A LITTLE RESTAURANT WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO FOR YEARS IN RUE DE LA HARP. AFTERWARDS ITS BACK DOWN THE STREET TO RUE DE BUCI AND A LITTLE BAR CALLED LES ETAGES WHERE WE SIT OUTSIDE UNDER THE HEATERS.. DOWN A FEW BEERS AND THE ODD GLASS OF WINE, DO A LITTLE PEOPLE WATCHING...AND PUT THE WORLD TO RIGHTS..
THEN CATCH THE LAST METRO BACK TO OUR HOTEL FOR A NIGHTCAP..
REPEAT THIS SEVERAL TIMES ON YOUR TRIP TO PARIS AND YOU'LL BE READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD AGAIN...BLISS.