| I like Paris, I really do. Time spent in Paris as a young | | | | their shoulders and indicate that there are actually |
| student on holiday was extremely memorable. | | | | more important issues in the world. |
| From the usual sort of student things such as sitting on | | | | I am not about to argue with them on this point when |
| the steps of Sacre-Coeur nursing the obligatory | | | | indeed they may well be right. |
| monumental hangover from having been partying too | | | | Returning to the subject in hand of why I like Paris. |
| hard the night before. Enjoying the quiet dignity and | | | | While it's quite simple because Paris actually caters for |
| calm of the "Jeu de Paume." Trying to get your head | | | | everyone and achieves this without giving the |
| around the weirdness and wackiness of the likes of | | | | impression of trying that hard. For those amongst us |
| Dali, Magritte and Picasso after having savoured the | | | | with a love of the more "High Brow" there are some |
| serenity And peace of the likes of Monet and Camille | | | | of the worlds finest museums and art galleries while |
| Pissarro. | | | | the rest of us can while away the hours looking at |
| Paris certainly has a wide variety of life. Yes the | | | | some of the most beautiful architecture in the world or |
| French like others may have their economic and social | | | | relaxing in some of the most beautiful urban parkland |
| problems but they somehow cope. It is possible to | | | | found anywhere |
| forget about the worries of 20th-century life in parts of | | | | As has been said before, Paris has something for |
| Paris. | | | | everyone, from the world's largest museum, the |
| Paris has that unique quality to it that puts most things | | | | Louvre to some of the less well known museums |
| into perspective. Alongside the dignity and Splendour of | | | | such as the "Musee National du Moyen-Age or the |
| the more established Paris you have the bustling | | | | "Musee Carnavalet." Relax and chill in some of the |
| vibrancy of the new. | | | | most beautiful parkland in the world such as "Le Jardin |
| Paris is the home of some of the most striking piece | | | | du Luxembourg" or "Le Garden des Tuileries" whilst |
| of modern architecture in the world alongside some of | | | | your art loving partners browse the world famous |
| the worlds most beautiful established buildings. | | | | artefacts of the Louvre! |
| Nowhere else could you get away with such elegantly | | | | A trip to Paris would not be complete without some |
| bullet marked buildings, a living heritage of war torn | | | | time spent appreciating the awesome majesty of |
| Europe alongside the more established buildings of the | | | | Notre Dame Cathedral or the Sheer beauty of |
| Ancien Regime. | | | | Sacre-Coeur which if I am not very much mistaken |
| Yet stop and ask the typical Parisian why this is and | | | | was where we all came in! |
| certainly with regards to the fading plasterwork and | | | | There is absolutely no chance of any disappointment |
| bookmarks and like the madrilenos asked about some | | | | with a trip to Paris. |
| of Madrid's fading glory they are just as likely to shrug | | | | |