Now we are in France. Paris to be specific and we need to really take some time and see the city. There are of course all the famous landmarks but getting deeper and seeing the lesser known areas can be more rewarding. While we will certainly want to visit the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame and all of the famous landmarks, don’t forget that any city is comprised of far more than just the famous bits.
Walk down a side street and try a restaurant that the locals are eating at. Do some shopping at small local stores. Look for things that appear to not be focused at tourists to get a better idea of what life is actually like if you were to live there.
After a few days in Paris we will head off to the next part of the trip. This is something that you will want to take tours for unless you have been here many times and know your way around.
One thing that France has be renowned for world-wide is wine. Take tours of the wine making regions. See Bordeaux and Burgundy and have some tastings. A tour guide or a group tour would be best for this to make sure you do not miss anything.
With my next post we will visit the wine regions of France.
Travel Without Travelling by Thomas M. Miller is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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