An amazing trip to France!!
My dear friend Fran has lived there for over 20 years. She came to NY recently and stayed with me, so it was time to return the visit.
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| Montmartre |
Fran lives in Senlis, a beautifully charming historical town (40 min by car to Paris). Fran not wanting to turn down some last minute work, allowed me the adventure of heading into Paris alone. Leaving her town of Senlis, traveling on a local bus, then a smooth spotless train and ending with a smelly hot Metro. Pure local! It helped to be a New Yorker!
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| Senlis |
the 10th
Paris....the most creative and inspiring city for art, fashion, culture, history, design, architecture, landmarks, and oh, those lights at night....what did I leave out? I needed an additional month to see all on my list, and could easily live there again. I experienced all Paris offered as a foreigner, but felt like a local. I walked, rarely taking the metro (from Montmartre to the Marais), got lost, got pick-pocketed, couldn't get my iphone to work with 2 tries with a wasted 50 euros later (the euro...forget it!), slipped and fell leaving a broken lens cap and nicks on my camera with 2 gorgeous french men to help me up,and held a composition workshop class (of only 3) during a holiday weekend (completely forgot about Bastille day DUH!). While many spoke English in the small town of Senlis, I became one of the locals, meeting their wonderful warm people, especially sweet Mustapha.
Paris seemed more of a melting pot than NY. Walking around all the various neighborhoods, I felt right at home.
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| Chantilly |
