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Oh, Paris.
I’ve been twice now, and the city greeted me like two entirely different zodiac signs.
The first time, I was single, alone, and apparently exuding some kind of “talk to me, I’m charming” energy, because I floated through that week like a main character. I made friends in cafés, wandered into conversations, and genuinely thought, Huh… maybe this is my city. It was magic and honestly why my Lisbon experience was a bit shitty at the beginning because I truly did not want to leave Paris.
Then I went back with my husband… and Paris said absolutely not.
Ignored. Turned away from a restaurant for no apparent reason. A general vibe of, “Not today, chérie.” I couldn’t tell if it was because I wasn’t alone anymore, if the universe was bored of me, or if Paris just woke up on the wrong side of the Seine. Who knows.
But even when Paris is giving you the silent treatment, it still has a way of hooking into you. It has my favorite cemetery in the world where Oscar Wilde lounges in eternal fabulousness and Honoré de Balzac proves his name was always destined for legend. It has the best park I’ve ever stepped foot in, and Paris doesn’t make that title easy; the city has over 400 parks and gardens, and somehow every single one of them has a bench positioned in perfect lighting.
It has bakeries where you can survive even live, thrive on 20 euros a day if you want. And the quiches.. life changing. I still dream about the mushroom about.
It’s also an objectively easy city you know easy to fly into, easy to spend a few days in, easy to wander until you accidentally end up in front of the Seine again (which is half the point). And yes realize that the Eiffel Tower does, in fact, look better from far away.
The last time we were there was during the holidays and it was magical. My husband and I saw Carmen at Opéra national de Paris and it was one of those nights you will remember for the rest of your life.
And somewhere inside all of this wandering, opera shows, beautiful parks and pastries, lies the wellness of Paris. The wellness of moving through a city made for walking, eating like a person who enjoys their life, and grounding in a park that somehow makes you feel like you’re in a painting.
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