je t'adore, paris

This was my second time to France. The first time, it was my mom and I and we spent two weeks in the country, which further cemented my love for it.
I was afraid, that after all I did to talk France up, the husband wouldn't like it. Kind of like when you talk up a movie, only to have a friend dislike it when they finally see it. But luckily, life isn't like a movie, and the husband enjoyed France just as much as I did.

 we rented the most charming flat through airbnb. Our first place we had reserved fell through but with some finagling and good customer service from airbnb, all was not lost and we ended up renting an incredible apartment from a graduate student in the Marais neighborhood. We loved it.

 

baguette in front of the Tour Eiffel. (We ate a lot of baguettes...)

 Notre Dame.

 The Louvre

 Montmartre and Sacre Coeur

Marches aux Puces (flea market)

 

Fountainebleau Chateau

 

And to answer a question I get a lot: No, we didn't have any problem with people being overly rude with us. We were polite and people were polite in return! However, I do speak a tiny bit of French, and so would usually try to speak to them first. Usually the Parisians just responded in English. Apparently my accent is that obvious. :)

xo, erika