I sometimes share with people that I moved to Paris on eight total days of evidence: three days in 2009, two days in 2010, and three days in 2012. It wasn’t until the third trip that I had any truly … Continue reading
Visiting Paris
Don’t Buy the Paris Pass
I really think that Americans in particular don’t leave enough unscheduled, unstructured “white space” in their European travels. They run around, convinced that they will never return, and so they have to see everything. I know. I get it. That … Continue reading
Making the most of Free Museum Sundays
A large number of museums in Paris are free on the first Sunday of the month. Some budget-minded travelers know this and schedule a visit to Paris around such a date to knock out some museums for free. Is this … Continue reading
The Paris Museum Pass: Worth it?
One of the things I’ve come to appreciate about working with accountants and lawyers over the years is their most frequent response to what a layman would consider a fairly innocent and straightforward question: “It depends.” That “it depends” has … Continue reading
August: Dead For Parisians, But Plenty Lively For Visitors
When I first came to Paris I was told that the city was deserted in August. I bemusedly nodded my assent to the theory of a “group vacation” because, like most Americans, it was hard to conceive of the concept … Continue reading
The Paris Metro: 6 Things To Keep In Mind
In any city in which there is a well-established mass-transit system there will be an enormous group of people going about their daily lives without clogging the streets with extra vehicles. This makes sense for our planet, for their pocketbooks, … Continue reading