Sherri
When you hear the word “Paris”, the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, and Notre Dame instantly come to mind. And they should! These are some of the most iconic sights in the City of Light. And for me, no visit to Paris would be complete without at least a walk by all of the above.
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SherriOct. 5: Aaaahh – The City of Light. How invigorating it is to be back in the City of Light. It hasn’t taken long for Paris to move to the top of my list of favorite places. For hundreds of years, it has charmed people from all over the world.
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SherriOct. 6: We sit in our 500 square foot mansion, more than a tad tired. It has been a long day, one that was full of awe and art and spontaneity and two excellent meals.
Our day started bright and early and this afforded us the pleasure of watching the sunrise out the bedroom window.
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SherriOct. 7: We are back from what has become our annual dinner at Anne-Sophie’s. Our busy day started out with what has become our annual attempt to visit The Catacombs. Two years ago, we showed up bright and early on a Monday morning only to discover that The Catacombs are closed on Mondays.
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SherriOct. 8: Now it’s really late. The subways shut down at 1:40 AM on Saturdays and we caught ours in the nick of time. It’s been a full day. From the Bastille in the east to the Pont d’Alma in the west and things in between, we have covered a lot of real estate today.
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SherriOct. 9: I write this piece from a plane, flying from Paris to Lisbon. It’s about a two hour flight and, knowing an entire other country and culture awaits us when we land, we have to make the most of our time for blogging. But let me go back to yesterday morning.
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SherriI am sitting in an apartment in the Marais, a district in Paris which a long time ago used to be a swamp (the translation of the word “marais”). More recently it was the Jewish district and today is an eclectic mix of people in what is considered an artistic and gentrified part of the city.
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SherriToday is cooler, I can tell, simply by the open window in the kitchen and the cool air drifting in through it. Yesterday was a very full day and I hope I can recall all the details, before they blend together, like a nice creamy soup on a cool, autumn day.
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SherriIt’s a rainy afternoon in Paris, or perhaps I should say, it’s a dumping cats and dogs afternoon in Paris. After what has been a series of comedy of errors for the first half of the day, I am taking a bit of a reprieve. I am sitting here enjoying a cup of tea and doing some blogging.
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SherriNow I am on the train to Lyon – my days in Paris seemed to fly by. I am happy we set things up to have a dose of Paris at both the beginning and the end of the trip. There is never enough time to do Paris.
While I am focused on what’s ahead and am enjoying occasionally glancing out the window and seeing rolling hills,
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