We’ve decided to go to Paris! Oui Oui! Now what? We’ll have 3 days to do a quick over view of the City that you could spend years exploring! I don’t like to just do a “drive-by” when visiting a new locale. I don’t want to just get on a tour bus and listen to someone describe what I’m seeing. I could watch a movie and see, feel, and learn more! I want to walk the streets, interact with the people, smell the smells, taste the food! But where to start?

I start by asking questions, doing research, watch a movie, read a book. Not a travel book. I love reading novels, historical fiction to learn about a place that I am going. Then when I visit I can imagine the way people live, or lived. What were their days like? Where did they shop. Where did they eat. Where did they live. Then as I am walking the streets I start to imagine them walking beside me. To me, it brings the City to life. Before I left for Paris I read “A Paris Apt.” and “The Paris Wife”. Really got me in the mood and set my imagination flying.