Hello from Paris.
We just spent more than two weeks here trying to do the opposite of what most visitors do. We avoided the touristy areas. We walked in lesser-known neighborhoods. In short, we behaved like locals. (Well, kinda.)
Before I go into detail, here’s this week’s question: Have you ever gone on a trip and done nothing? We’d love to hear about it. As always, we’ll read your comments in our next podcast, which should be very interesting.
OK, so here’s why we didn’t want to do the tourist thing. This boat looks like it’s about to sink into the Seine. If you want to avoid the crowds, don’t come to Paris in August!
The reason we came to Paris, of course, is the bread. The boys and I toured many boulangeries while we were in town. (The whole-grain baguette in the podcast came from a place called Pain & Beurre, about a block from our apartment in the Latin Quarter.)
The first Sunday of every month is free museum day, but don’t forget to check to see if the museum is open. Iden wanted to go to the Centre Pompidou, but it’s closed for the next five years. Oh well!
We have much more about Paris in our podcast de rien, which I promise will be a lot of fun. Of course we’re turning it into a food podcast, so don’t forget to wait until the end to see what we have in store!
Once again, our question of the week: Have you ever gone on a trip and done nothing? Sometimes the best trips aren’t about seeing more, but about doing less. Has that ever happened to you?
