Peripatetic Paris

I’ve been trying to figure out how to describe our Paris experience so far because its beauty is undeniable and the people sort of reflect a certain, to use the French term,   savoir faire. Fuse that with a sort of brusque sense of purpose and long suffering to host the multitude of eager visitors to take in this one of a kind City of Lights and you can easily get swept up in these swift currents but no telling where you will end up. Being we  have a short stay here we opted for a guided tour, très cher, mon dieu! Our guide a frenetic French Mary Poppins drove us like cattle through the Louve, The Eiffel Tower, and Notre Dame, with our signpost her up turned umbrella. We were wired for sound with little receivers, while she provided nebulous narration of a few select pieces of art, the heavies Mon Lisa, Venus De Milo and a few large canvases of the very expanded ego of Emperor Napoleon. This was not a contemplative visit to a museum, but a forced march through the hoards, if the Seahawks need some effective blocking techniques, we may be of assistance. That is one of the facts of Paris it is extremely crowded with visitors and citizens alike all trying to get through the same activities. Compared to London, and we toured there on a weekend and this  Paris on a Monday, wow I’ll take London! Beautiful City for sure but you need more time to pace its splendors and the other lesson learned ,acquire some language skills, it will enhanced your enjoyment, most particularly navigation! We did a fair bit of somewhat aimless walking trying to find our destination; I do not like being lost! A few additional comments on the pictures below, even the subways transcend a utilitarian appearance, note the lights. Paris has a very well established transportation system, which we used. Pho always a hit with the budget traveler:)

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