Paris according to me. In 250 words or less.

The Eiffel Tower is bigger and wirier in person, but when it’s lit up at night you can’t tear your eyes away. The Catacombs are disturbing and eerie, but totally awesome. Crepes with Nutella and bananas are pure bliss. The hot chocolate at Les Deux Magots, where Hemingway used to hang out, is like liquid heaven. There is such thing as fantastic red wine for less than a Euro. The Luxembourg Gardens are just as beautiful even if wet snow is falling and not sticking. The stained-glass windows at the Notre Dame Cathedral remind me of paint by numbers. The Louvre is too massive for anyone to really be able to appreciate it all. The Seine River at night is simply perfect. Orangina is deliciously tangy even though I hate soda. Champs-Elysées not only has the best shopping, but the best chocolate croissants too. It is possible to use every hand signal imaginable to get your point across. Rue Cler, a local, outdoor market, sells the best mini quiche, French baguettes and Brie for a “bicnic,” or picnic in bed. You don’t always need to buy a Metro pass. It takes some 500 shots to get one good picture of friends jumping in the air in front of the Eiffel Tower. You can buy black boots that you have been searching frantically for for 6 Euros. It’s completely possible to meet up with friends even when no one has a cell phone. And oh yea, let it be known that my sing-songy speaking voice would sound wonderful speaking French…if I do say so myself.