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Paris for the Return Visitor
So you’ve been to Paris before and have visited already the famous landmarks. Maybe you’re planning a return visit and would like to see this amazing city from a different lens? Here are some things to experience Paris a little more like a local.
My neighborhood in the 9th Arrondissement
Home for me when I go to Paris is usually on the Left Bank, in a snazzy and highly popular neighborhood called Saint Germain des Prés. But I remember years ago, during a conversation about travel to Paris with my friend Chef Andrew in Atlanta, a Right Bank person, he insisted that I should go…
Made it to Paris
Made it to Paris! It’s amazing how you can be thousands and thousands of miles away and still feel like this is home. So when I arrived, Isabel the apartment “manager” whom I really think was just a friend of the owner who at that time was out of town, wasn’t there to let me…
The Great Challenge
For well over a decade, the Musée du Louvre in Paris has posed probably one of the greatest challenges for me. I remember the first time that I visited some years ago, I thought it was fun and exciting, probably because it was also my first trip to Europe. So of course it was great…
Day Trip to Champagne
Many visitors when they come to Paris take advantage of the easily accessible train system and go on day trips to places like Giverny, Chartres, Normandy, and of course the various Chateaux (e.g. Versailles or Fontainebleau). But did you know that the Champagne region also makes for a fun day…
La Tour Eiffel
Oui, je sais! (Yes, I know). After so many years of visiting Paris, I am just now writing a post on the Eiffel Tower, better known as La Tour Eiffel, the icon of not just Paris, but also France and may I suggest probably all of Europe. I guess in the past it just seemed too(…)