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40 in 40

I'm spending approximately 40 days in Paris, France this summer. 
40 - almost a month and a half, which is a long time when you consider how long most people get to spend in Paris when visiting the city. 

I decided to create this list in order to keep track of the places I want to go and things I want to experience while I'm abroad! Some of these are suggestions from my sister, who went on her own adventures through France over the last two years, some are from oodles of article reading & research, and others are just things I think sound like something I'll just love! Complete recommendations from my sister are located below my list and I'll be trying to visit all those places, as well (some are incorporated into my list). 

So here, in no particular order, are my 40 in 40 for France. 
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1. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower. 
2. Watch the fireworks on Bastille Day (Fete Nationale)
3. Ride the ferris wheel at the Tuileries
5. Walk through covered passages (one, two, three)
6. Visit La Madeleine 
8. Recreate the picture of Audrey Hepburn on the Seine (this is a must)
9. Picnic in the Luxembourg Gardens  
10. Eat macarons
11. Jog in the Luxembourg Gardens
12. See the Arc de Triomphe lit up at night
13. Explore Montmartre (daytime)
14. Have dinner at Ralph's
17. Have a conversation with a Parisian, completely in French 
18. Eat at a Michelin-star restaurant (saving my food budget) 
19. See a performance at the Opera Garnier
20. Have tea at Laduree
21. See a production at the Comédie Francaise
23. Try escargots
24. Eat a galette in Bretagne
25. Buy Pajamas from Etam
26. Picnic on the Seine
27. Eat a street crepe (preferably nutella)
28. Walk down Pont Alexandre III
29. Purchase a Breton-striped shirt from Saint-James
30. Go to a Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Event
31. Tour the Musée D'Orsay
32. Window shop on the Champs-Élysées (key word = window shop)
34. Make a traditional French dish in my kitchenette
35. Have dinner with a view of the Eiffel Tower
36. See Paris from Montparnasse Tower
37. Eat a traditional French breakfast at a café or restaurant 
38. See a music performance in a park
39. Go to a French Cinema 
40. Eat all the baguettes

+ EXCURSIONS
Visit Monet's garden in Giverny
Stroll through Versailles 
Mont St Michel
Strasbourg
Take a weekend trip to Nice
Monaco
Annecy, Provence, or Bretagne

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Elisabeth's To-See in Paris List
(see her blog here!)

SITES
Centre Pompidou
Hotel de Ville
Tour Saint-Jacques
Panthéon
Hotel des Invalides
Canal Saint-Martin
Catacombs
Statue of Liberty
Cimetiere du Montparnasse
Montmartre
Cimetiere Pere-Lachaise
La Defense

SHOPS
Galeries Lafayette
Printemps
Le Bon Marche
La Grande Epicerie

MUSEUMS
L'Orangerie
Memorial de la Shoah
Musée Carnavalet 
Institut du Monde Arab
Musée Rodin (Gardens)
Quai Branly Museum
Petit & Grand Palais
Musée Galliera
Musée Fragonard
Louvre Museum
Musée D'Orsay

PARKS & GARDENS
Place des Vosges
Jardin de l'Hotel de Sens
Jardin des Plantes
Esplanade des Invalides
Hotel Salomin de Rothschild
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont

CHURCHES
Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Chapel
La Sainte-Chapelle
Saint-Eustache
St. Etienne du Mont
Grande Mosque de Paris
Eglise Saint-Sulpice
La Madeleine 

1 comment:

  1. MinorsJuly 16, 2015 at 6:04 PM

    Do ride the funicular up to Sacre Couer === see Pigalle from a safe distance == teach me to spell in French = you are so amazing - - some tourist waste their trip but you have immersed yourself in the city, I am proud of you. Preshy

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