Surely there are better ways to see Paris than to stay in a hundred year old building in a really old and typically Parisian neighborhood, with a native French pastry maker who doubles up as your local guide in the evening, but for now i can't think of those. despite her very tough working hours,Nina has been an ideal host for me
I was so totally unprepared to visit the city. No tourist map or language help. Other than Eiffel tower , Arc De triompe and Louvre, i didn't even know what else was there to see. Luckily i meet this Brazilian couple - Patricia and Mario, who were there for 2 days only and they were much better prepared. They gave me some maps and showed me the way around
No matter how much you have seen Paris in pictures and movies, you can't ready be ready for the magnificence of Paris. The louvre was astoundingly beautiful and rich in its history and art collection. It is the best museum in the world. I focused on seeing the main master pieces like Mona Lisa and David, there is no way to do justice to this museum in the time i have. But i had lot more to cover- The pantheon, the Montmartre, Musee D'arsy, hotel De invalides, obelisque, ecole militaire, and the church of notre dame. It was breathtakingly beautiful, and it transported me to an earlier era just like in 'midnight in Paris'
I walked 5 to 6 hour a day. And climbed 400 staiIrs a day. Nina joined me usually around 4 to take me to her favorite parts of the city aand the museums. I was exhausted by the evening but i did manage to cook some indian dinner, which she liked. One of the evening I meet up with Anna and Al, two beautiful and typical Parisian girls who had couchsurfed with us in Singapore. They very generously took me out for dinner and it was a splendid evening. Its good to have friends in a new city.
I spent the last half day just trying to get on top of Eiffel tower. 3 out of 4 lifts were not working so the queue was unusually long. Faced with the choice of leaving with out climbing the tower, i had to resort to the old trick of finding a big Indian group up ahead in the line, and just mixed around. It got easier when they learned i was traveling the world after quitting my job, and the tour guides were nice enough to include me in. Still it took close to four hours to get to the top and I had just about enough time to get to the station to catch the train to Geneva, feeling pretty satisfied I knew what living in Paris was like and i managed to cover most of the big attractions there.
Surely there are better ways to see Paris than to stay in a hundred year old building in a really old and typically Parisian neighborhood, with a native French pastry maker who doubles up as your local guide in the evening, but for now i can't think of those. despite her very tough working hours,Nina has been an ideal host for me 
I was so totally unprepared to visit the city. No tourist map or language help. Other than Eiffel tower , Arc De triompe and Louvre, i didn't even know what else was there to see. Luckily i meet this Brazilian couple - Patricia and Mario, who were there for 2 days only and they were much better prepared. They gave me some maps and showed me the way around 
No matter how much you have seen Paris in pictures and movies, you can't ready be ready for the magnificence of Paris. The louvre was astoundingly beautiful and rich in its history and art collection. It is the best museum in the world. I focused on seeing the main master pieces like Mona Lisa and David, there is no way to do justice to this museum in the time i have. But i had lot more to cover- The pantheon, the Montmartre, Musee D'arsy, hotel De invalides, obelisque, ecole militaire, and the church of notre dame. It was breathtakingly beautiful, and it transported me to an earlier era just like in 'midnight in Paris' 
I walked 5 to 6 hour a day. And climbed 400 staiIrs a day. Nina joined me usually around 4 to take me to her favorite parts of the city aand the museums. I was exhausted by the evening but i did manage to cook some indian dinner, which she liked. One of the evening I meet up with Anna and Al, two beautiful and typical Parisian girls who had couchsurfed with us in Singapore. They very generously took me out for dinner and it was a splendid evening. Its good to have friends in a new city. 
I spent the last half day just trying to get on top of Eiffel tower. 3 out of 4 lifts were not working so the queue was unusually long. Faced with the choice of leaving with out climbing the tower, i had to resort to the old trick of finding a big Indian group up ahead in the line, and just mixed around. It got easier when they learned i was traveling the world after quitting my job, and the tour guides were nice enough to include me in. Still it took close to four hours to get to the top and I had just about enough time to get to the station to catch the train to Geneva, feeling pretty satisfied I knew what living in Paris was like and i managed to cover most of the big attractions there.
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