Walking Paris

As I zipped around Paris today I realized it was my tenth visit to this wonderful city, and memories run deep for me here. Paris was the first place I brought my wife for her first visit to Europe. It is also the last city I visited with my Dad before he passed on as well as the city where I started my first back packing trip through Europe as a kid.

I walked it with a vengeance today with the premise being I wouldn’t take the Metro once. I started at the Hilton Eiffel Tower and walked to the Musee d’ Orsay, then through the Latin Quarter and on to Jardin Du Luxembourg to an area filled with literary history, Montparnasse to have a drink at La Ronde. Next was the Ile Saint –Louis and to the wonderful Musee Carnavalet ,my second museum stop of the day. I listened to some wonderful classical music in the stunning Place Des Vosges, and hoofed it to my temp home in the Hilton.

At the exec lounge I by passed all of the wonderful cocktail and wine options and guzzled several Perrier’s waters. While taking in the view of the Eiffel Tower from the lounge I relived all of my Parisian experiences, many thanks to Maison de la France and Hilton as well as Katherine Johnstone.