Jimmy Buffet's lyric, "He went to Paris, searching for answers to questions that bothered him so." I can hear it now.
Anyway, a short trip report. Loved Paris. Walked at least 120 miles or so, while there. Drank red wine, ate croissants, and cafe au lait, every day. Did the usual tourist stuff. Enjoyed the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, got on top of the Arc de triomphe, Notre Dame and Sacre Couer, etc. We rode the metro all over town. We did not see the rioting as we were southwest of the Eiffel Tower and most of that stuff was northeast of Paris.
The Parisian lifestyle is great. I never saw so many cafes, brasseries, restaurants, boulangers. It got to where I believed that's all they do is eat. So, you go somewhere, walk a lot, stop for a couple hours at a cafe, have a meal with lots of wine, then you walk again. Most of the people (at least 99%) were not fat. In fact, I played "Find the fat Frenchman" one day on the metro. DW and I looked for heavys while traveling that day, and did not find one. It's incredible, because when we walked on the Champs Elysee, there were hundreds and hundreds of people walking every night, and they are not heavy. Try doing that in your average U.S. mall. I usually drink white wine here in Texas, but am converting to red. It's addictive.
We went to the Moulin Rouge for dinner/show. Thought I had died and gone to heaven. Lots of perfectly firm boobies, don't ya know, just above my head. Heck of a show and the dinner was excellent. One tidbit, the stage moves. One act had one of the dancers diving into a pool with four boa constrictors, wrapping one around her while in the water.
Took two side trips; one to Versailles and the other to Omaha Beach. Got to go into a German bunker. Nearly 10,000 Americans killed there that day, and several thousand missing. And the graveyard is overwhelming.
Anyway, at the risk of boring you, take it from me, if you get a chance, go. Oh, it is expensive, so bring money.
C'est tu!
Anyway, a short trip report. Loved Paris. Walked at least 120 miles or so, while there. Drank red wine, ate croissants, and cafe au lait, every day. Did the usual tourist stuff. Enjoyed the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, got on top of the Arc de triomphe, Notre Dame and Sacre Couer, etc. We rode the metro all over town. We did not see the rioting as we were southwest of the Eiffel Tower and most of that stuff was northeast of Paris.
The Parisian lifestyle is great. I never saw so many cafes, brasseries, restaurants, boulangers. It got to where I believed that's all they do is eat. So, you go somewhere, walk a lot, stop for a couple hours at a cafe, have a meal with lots of wine, then you walk again. Most of the people (at least 99%) were not fat. In fact, I played "Find the fat Frenchman" one day on the metro. DW and I looked for heavys while traveling that day, and did not find one. It's incredible, because when we walked on the Champs Elysee, there were hundreds and hundreds of people walking every night, and they are not heavy. Try doing that in your average U.S. mall. I usually drink white wine here in Texas, but am converting to red. It's addictive.
We went to the Moulin Rouge for dinner/show. Thought I had died and gone to heaven. Lots of perfectly firm boobies, don't ya know, just above my head. Heck of a show and the dinner was excellent. One tidbit, the stage moves. One act had one of the dancers diving into a pool with four boa constrictors, wrapping one around her while in the water.
Took two side trips; one to Versailles and the other to Omaha Beach. Got to go into a German bunker. Nearly 10,000 Americans killed there that day, and several thousand missing. And the graveyard is overwhelming.
Anyway, at the risk of boring you, take it from me, if you get a chance, go. Oh, it is expensive, so bring money.
C'est tu!