~ Click any image in the galleries to enlarge and browse ~<\/em><\/p>\n Yay, we finally made it to Paris! My husband kept saying that he’s already been to Paris, both on business and before that with his family while growing up in Britain, so we always found other European destinations. But wow, what a beautiful, vibrant city with so much to see!<\/p>\n And Paris is such a great walking city. Our apartment was very centrally located, only a few blocks from the River Seine. For fun, I included my timeline map just so you can see our meandering through the city streets, where according to Google we walked a total of 35 miles in the 5 days we were there, up to ten miles in a day.<\/p>\n\t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n For our five days in Paris, we found a cozy apartment on the left bank that was walking distance to most of the places we wanted to visit. We stayed on the fifth floor, and I happen to know it was 108 steps up since there was no elevator! We got nice views of the city including a view of the Notre Dame Cathedral from our bedroom window, plus we were above a bakery so it smelled wonderful each morning. Our host had put out some fresh fruit and nuts along with a nut cracker for us to enjoy, and supplied us with fresh cream, butter, biscuits and coffee. Maybe this is the Parisienne way!<\/p>\nOur Paris Apartment<\/h3>\n