My first stop in Paris is always the same place: Le Marais. The Jewish quarter is home to some of the best falafel around.
Once I had eaten, I wandered around the city, checking out some of the city’s iconic sites.
The Louvre museum with its famous glass pyramids and the fountain at the Tuileries garden.
Legend has it that you’ll return to Paris if you stand on Point Zero. I’m not superstitious, but I figured it couldn’t hurt. It’s also the spot from where all distances to other cities are measured.
The weather threatened to rain, but it held off long enough to visit Paris Plage, the city’s manmade beach along the River Seine.
The cemetery of Père Lachaise, named for the Jesuit priest who was the confessor of Louis XIV, is the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of people, including Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, and Edith Piaf.
The Eiffel Tower at sunset is always gorgeous.
