Paris is a lot more than"old world charm."It is the most popular tourist destination in the Western world.There's a reason for that.Paris is an unbeatable collection of culture, cuisine, sophistication, art, history, rowdiness, intellectual acheivement, music venues, dance halls, strip clubs, hip cafes, trendy bars, both tradition and innovation living side by side.The clubs don''t get going until midnight and stay open until the sun comes up. You can hear every type of music from jazz to hip hop to opera.You'll eat food so good it will make you cry to think of all the crappy fast food you've wasted your time with.You can walk in the steps of Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. You can visit Shakespere and company, the quirky English language bookstore which first published the work of James Joyce and Henry Miller when both were considered pornography by the establishment bluenoses in england and the USA.You can go the Cafe Procope and sit in the same booth that Benjamin Franklin used.You can sip a glass of wine at the Cafe des Deux Magot where Jean Paul Sartre hung out.You can go up to Montmartre and walk the same streets and drink in the same cafes that Pablo Picasso and Utrillo favored.You can even get drunk at the Mazet where Jim Morrison had his last drink in public before keeling over with an overdose. then you can wake up the next morning and visit his grave at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.And mainly you can immerse yourself in one of, if not the most, romantic places on Earth. And if your BF isn't up for that then maybe you ought to go by yourself because I bet you'd find a replacement with no trouble.Alternatively, handcuff him and stuff him in your luggage but GO!P.S. forget the Moulin Rouge, its a ludicorusly expensive tourist trap..
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