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Flower stores in Paris
The departure lounge for modern art
Sundail - Hotel de Cluny
symbolic tombsSee the Louvre and Musee...
See the Louvre and Musee D'Orsay, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, take a bus guided tour which covers the highlights; then you can return and spend more time at your favorites. One unusual experience was visiting this fabulous very old cemetery where Chopin and other famous people are buried. Definitely worthwhile! The cathedrals are wonderful and it's fun to watch the artists painting along the sidewalks and watch the rich and very tres chic shopping at the designer stores like Chanel. Fondest memory -buying fresh French bread right from the bakery and eating it while on walking tour. The broad streets and the beautiful trees, The Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysee at night, seeing the Mona Lisa and the impressionist's paintings-it just was unreal. As far as warnings I would give, it would be to have handy at all times a French-English dictionary. The French have things on their menus that I had never seen before, just heard of, like head cheese and alot of things with ham. I thought I could remember my high school French and ended up ordering some strange things. But- The French bread and Brie and the wine are wonderful and there are bakeries galore with all kinds of mouth-watering delicacies. Also, you can take your dog with you to almost any restaurant! We happened to enjoy a kind of happenstance self-guided tour most of the time. The surprise of turning a corner in Paris and finding a beautiful designer boutique, an art museum or gallery, perhaps a street market with art and everything else-food, old books is so exciting. Things in Paris are grand in scale as opposed much of the quaintness one sees in London. Many of the major, must- see sites are quite far apart, too. So we found it mandatory to take a guided bus tour to cover the vast territory between the sites. The cab drivers are not the friendly blokes you find in London and are very expensive,too. So, stick with the sub or buses. There are some good guide books to help find places to eat, to see, where to stay, etc. If you have to make a few people happy, you might do well to decide on a kind of flexible itinerary before you start your trip, so you don't waste precious time figuring out what you want to see when you get there.
Also, prebook some of the little tours and excursions so you won't miss out.
