A Paris!

It is a sad blog today. I will have to go home and leave this beautiful country soon, so this will be my last post.

These last couple of weeks have been very interesting in my travels. Last time, I visited Bourges, France, and man was it the closest thing to amazing that I have seen so far here in France. Instead of deciding to go to on a different route to some unknown city or town, I set a destination-- Paris, France. After all, who goes to France without going to Paris?

Since the drive to Paris was about 3 hours, I made sure to plan a pit-stop in Evry.

When I got to Evry, I was surprised. I thought I would run into a very rustic-sort of old town kind of place. But I am assuming the closer you get to Paris, the more modern or up-to-date places become.

The town had about 53,000 inhabitants and was relatively new. The commune, as it is called in France, was renamed in the 1960s; Evry is the shortened name that was given as opposed to Evry Ville Nouvelle.

I saw these types of... apartment homes... very stylish... not my cup of tea though!
 


The culture there was very upbeat, and I assumed, being only 25 kilometers from Paris (that's  15.5 miles for you Americans ;]), that Paris is a big influence.

I had no time to spare, as my trip was slowly coming to an end, I wanted to spend as much time in Paris as humanly possible.

Believe it or not, I went straight to where you would think I would go.... the Eiffel tower!

Voila! 

This monument was such a beauty. I am a fan of architecture so I really enjoyed the various sights that I could just look at the tower from.

Here is right under the tower.



Guess what Josh did next? Yes, Josh had a grand feast at none other than Le Jules Verne... right under the Eiffel Tower!

This was my view from my table... wow:


Man the French cuisine there was just great, too. I had a dish titled: Pan-Seared Beef Tournedos And Fresh Duck Foie Gras souffleed potatoes, perigueux sauce... man it was good. It better have been good..that dish cost me 74 Euros! That's like.... $100 U.S. !!!

SO after my fancy meal at the Tower, I decided to "walk the streets of Paris". Very impressive too. The ambiance is definitely romantic and a significant other was much needed and missed.



I loved my trip to France. Unfortunately, now I am home. I can't wait to come back....