An American Couple in London: Paris!

Andy, Aimee and Rich

latin quarter

Rich and me - check out my cool beret ;)

me with the cutest little espresso cup!

Rich, me, Andy and Aimee

When Rich was thinking about coming to London to visit me and Andy he mentioned wanting to take a side trip as well...and decided on Paris. I had never been, Andy went for a few days when he was visiting Europe when he was 18 - so doesn't remember much, probably because of all the red wine consumed while he was there.

So, Wednesday morning Rich and I headed to the airport (Andy joined Thursday evening). We met up with Rich's friend and co-worker, Aimee when we got into Paris. Most of the four days we were there were spent walking around the city, eating, drinking, shopping and checking out the sites. We saw a lot of the main "tourist" sites, I'm sure there are more and if we/I had done a little pre-planning would have seen more...Andy and I will have to go back, since we are so close, to see more. Next time I would like to go when it's spring or fall and hopefully a little warmer. It was probably under 5 degrees (Celsius) the whole time we were there.

I enjoyed the city, but quite honestly had insane expectations of what it would be like. I know so many people that just love Paris, some that I would go as far as to say are slightly obsessed and because of that thought it would be more, better, lovelier, romantic and so was slightly disappointed. That's why I want to go back, armed with an agenda of things I missed this time and some nicer weather - I want to LOVE Paris and it didn't happen with this trip. Don't get me wrong - I had a great time, it's a nice city, just didn't fall in love with it like I was thinking I would.