Dad is in town for a visit and we're out doing all of the touristy things and soaking in the best of what Paris has to offer. Every time I have someone visit, I am reminded of what a cool place Paris is and get the pride of taking them around to discover all of the things that first made me fall in love with the city. Since it is his first time here, I wanted to make sure we got in all of the major monuments, so on his first day we walked from our hotel in Saint-Germain-des-Prés over to the Louvre, through the Tuileries, past Place de la Concord, down the Champs- Élysées, up to the top of the Arc de Triumph, over to the Eiffel Tower and then rode a Batobus home along the Seine where we got out at Notre Dame and then worked our way back. I think I packed in just about every major sight there is to see, but we are still far from being finished exploring. I have a four day weekend now and after getting a baguette and some apples and heading to the Jardin de Luxembourg for a breakfast picnic, we are catching a plane to Spain where we will spend the next three days exploring Madrid and Segovia. Then it's back to Paris for Dad to soak in some more Parisian vibes before jetting back to California. Kind of sounds like a Joni Mitchell song, maybe we'll even find a party down a red dirt road.
Dad is in town for a visit and we're out doing all of the touristy things and soaking in the best of what Paris has to offer. Every time I have someone visit, I am reminded of what a cool place Paris is and get the pride of taking them around to discover all of the things that first made me fall in love with the city. Since it is his first time here, I wanted to make sure we got in all of the major monuments, so on his first day we walked from our hotel in Saint-Germain-des-Prés over to the Louvre, through the Tuileries, past Place de la Concord, down the Champs- Élysées, up to the top of the Arc de Triumph, over to the Eiffel Tower and then rode a Batobus home along the Seine where we got out at Notre Dame and then worked our way back. I think I packed in just about every major sight there is to see, but we are still far from being finished exploring. I have a four day weekend now and after getting a baguette and some apples and heading to the Jardin de Luxembourg for a breakfast picnic, we are catching a plane to Spain where we will spend the next three days exploring Madrid and Segovia. Then it's back to Paris for Dad to soak in some more Parisian vibes before jetting back to California. Kind of sounds like a Joni Mitchell song, maybe we'll even find a party down a red dirt road. 
1 comments:
I love that mentioned Joni Mitchell....that was the first thing I thought of reading your sightseeing route.
...I'll even kiss a sunset pig...
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