Grateful to Be Here: Bopping Around Paris
Channel: Messy Suitcase!
Date: 2023-11-09

Just out of 10 days of COVID isolation in a Helsinki hotel room, we missed our first scheduled night in Paris. But we rallied and made it for the last couple of days. We were never so happy to get on a plane! (Masked.) 

Not yet restored to normal energy, we couldn’t go inside anywhere in Paris, so we spent a day or two slow-bopping around the glorious city, taking lots of breaks to rest and people-watch. We spent the first morning walking around with our former exchange student (and Spanish daughter) Laia and her cousin Anna. After they left, we had no agenda, which gave us the opportunity to discover new parks and search for the Love Lock that Lisa had attached to a stairway near Pont Neuf in 2018. (Don’t worry, haters, it was NOT on the bridge but on a sanctioned chain, and she did not throw the key in the Seine!) It was long gone, as the Parisians cut them off regularly, but we found a new place to lock our love.

We also walked around on the Isle de la City, saw the roofless Notre Dame Cathedral (covered with scaffolding and dwarfed by a gargantuan crane), strolled along and even dipped our toes in the Seine, sauntered through the courtyard of the Louvre, ate lunch in a sidewalk café, and visited the booksellers’ kiosks along the Left Bank. When our feet got tired, we caught another Seine River cruise and saw the city’s main attraction, the Eiffel Tower! The 1-hour sightseeing tour on Vedettes du Pont Neuf cost 15 euros each, about $17.

We ended the day with a scrumptious dinner in the Latin Quarter.

INFO
Paris Tourism – https://parisjetaime.com/eng/
Vedettes du Pont Neuf - https://www.vedettesdupontneuf.com/cruises/ 
(If you have trouble hearing any part of this video, press the CC button just below the video to generate subtitles.)

-----
Why are we doing this? Because life is short and the world is big, and we’re navigating it with a messy suitcase as we explore as much as we can. Join us on the adventure!

Subscribe to our blog at messysuitcase.com!

Follow us on social media:
Facebook: facebook.com/messysuitcase
Instagram: instagram.com/messysuitcase
Twitter: twitter.com/MessySuitcase
Pinterest: pinterest.com/messysuitcase
Tumblr: messysuitcaseblog.tumbler.com

Reach us by email: info@messysuitcase.com

Editing: Beto Greenawalt
Titles and Design: Lisa Hamm-Greenawalt, Hammster Media LLC
Music: "Little Tomcat" by Josh Woodward. Free download at joshwoodward.com.