PARIS--November 16 & 17
The perfect city but so little time to see it all--to enjoy all the amazing flavors. It is great to know that in 48 hours you can be on culture overload, mesmerized by Christmas lights, eat fantastic food and travel to many areas of the city which are each incredible on their own.
We had time for only two museums. The small one was part of the Louvre and is devoted design. The second museum we visited was the Musee d'Orsay--this museum is a work of art itself as it is set in a renovated, beautiful train station. Once inside every impressionist painting that you can imagine is there for you to view.
Even the outside has statues worth admiring.
The city of lights is especially beautiful this time of year and there is an incredible Christmas Market set up along the Champs Elysees. Here you can eat, admire the Christmas decorations and listen to music. It is an event that can be savored for an hour or a day.
We also visited the Left Bank to enjoy an amazing Basque Restaurant with all the charcuterie that one could imagine. Once that was completed you could savor chanterelles straight from the earth and wild game since this is hunting season. Once lunch was over it was time to visit Montmartre and have an amazing view of the city. I was surprised to see that even more amazing than the view was the football player who performs everyday with a ball as he climbs an antique lamp pole overlooking the city.
This still left time for shopping and getting to the Marais to see the development in this former Aristrostic and Jewish Quarter which is now flourishing with great shops, tea salons and cafes for dining. And how do you do all this in one day -- you take the metro which operates so successfully in Paris. It makes it easy to cross the city at speed and at a reasonable price if you are not travelling with a car and driver--an even better way to see the city and know what is here to enjoy.
The perfect city but so little time to see it all--to enjoy all the amazing flavors. It is great to know that in 48 hours you can be on culture overload, mesmerized by Christmas lights, eat fantastic food and travel to many areas of the city which are each incredible on their own.
We had time for only two museums. The small one was part of the Louvre and is devoted design. The second museum we visited was the Musee d'Orsay--this museum is a work of art itself as it is set in a renovated, beautiful train station. Once inside every impressionist painting that you can imagine is there for you to view.
The city of lights is especially beautiful this time of year and there is an incredible Christmas Market set up along the Champs Elysees. Here you can eat, admire the Christmas decorations and listen to music. It is an event that can be savored for an hour or a day.
We also visited the Left Bank to enjoy an amazing Basque Restaurant with all the charcuterie that one could imagine. Once that was completed you could savor chanterelles straight from the earth and wild game since this is hunting season. Once lunch was over it was time to visit Montmartre and have an amazing view of the city. I was surprised to see that even more amazing than the view was the football player who performs everyday with a ball as he climbs an antique lamp pole overlooking the city.
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