kittymamma
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2012
Paris and surrounding area is so beautiful and interesting that I would spend every minute there. On our first trip there, we took the TGV from Paris to Tours, rented a car and drove around the Loire Valley, spent a few nights in Amboise , returned the car and took the train back to Paris ( you do not want to drive in Paris !!! ) It is sensory overload and no way to do and see everything...like on a 7 night cruise. Wish I had discovered France in my youth because I would have wanted to spend a month or so there absorbing all it has to offer. Before our first trip , I also went to a local college and took a 6 week night course in conversational French which helped tremendously. Contrary to what you hear, the French people are warm and gracious provided you make some effort to realize you are in their homeland.