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A Paris Overview

October 12, 2015 Leave a Comment

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We’ve been to Paris a number of times—both together and Joyce was there multiple times while in school (both high school and in college). It continues to be one of our favorite cities. And why not? It is one of those magical cities—along with New York, San Francisco, Kyoto and a few others. The food, […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, France, Paris, Travel Tagged With: paris, speaking English, strikes

Museums of Paris

August 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

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Paris has a huge number of many of the best museums in the world. You could spend a week doing nothing but museums, and still not really see all of them. We, therefore, are selective. We visit some of our favorite museums virtually every trip and then visit others more selectively, as when we haven’t […]

Filed Under: Art, Cities, Europe, France, Paris Tagged With: art, france, paris

Paris Food and Lodging

January 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

For an updated list of Paris restaurants, click here. Wherever we travel, we try to mix visits to some of a city’s premier restaurants with stops at casual local places. And in some cases, even add some meals in a park or our room. Nowhere is this “work” more fun and delicious than in Paris. […]

Filed Under: Cities, Dining, Europe, Featured-City, France, Hotels, Paris, Restaurants Tagged With: france, Hotels, paris, restuarants

Paris by Foot

September 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

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We love walking in general, and walking cities in particular. We have always felt that walking is not only the best way of learning a city, but also of getting its feel. Walking tours are, therefore, a natural for us. We use them both to learn new cities and to learn more about cities with which […]

Filed Under: Cities, Featured-City, France, Paris, Sightseeing Tagged With: neighborhoods, paris, walking tours

When in Paris, Rent an Apartment

August 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

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Tom and I were recently in Paris France..the city of lights, city of amour (love), fois gras, cheese, walking tours (to walk off the food), art, architecture, history….well, you name it and it has it. Since we were in Paris for 5 nights, we decided to rent an apartment to get some additional space than […]

Filed Under: Europe, Featured-City, France, Paris Tagged With: apartments, france, Hotels, paris