Paris

Pros: I love shopping for this stuff
Cons: you do have to bring it all home

While I have been known to indulge myself with health and beauty aids here at home (just ask any of my friends) my recent trip to Paris gave me many more opportunities to indulge myself – as well as my loved ones.

I already told you that I...

Pros: great food, beautiful scenery, museums galore, shopper's paradise
Cons: none

Contrary to popular belief, Paris can be a friendly place for American tourists. Even if you can't speak French, it is possible to see most of Paris like a Parisian, and without taking a package tour that entails spending all your time on a...

Pros: history, beauty, everything
Cons: none

Versailles was absolutely the highlight of my trip to Paris. No trip to Paris would be complete without a visit to Versailles, no matter how limited your time may be you won't regret allocating half a day to tour Versailles. There is something to...

Pros: variety, sheer volume
Cons: it is going to be a while before I get back there

About a year ago I saw a show on HGTV (Home & Garden TV – what else are you going to watch in the dead of winter) that spent an hour taking the viewers through the legendary Marché Aux Puce just outside of Paris. I knew I just had to go someday!
...

Pros: Beautiful city with every thing for every taste.
Cons: Takes a while to get there.

While a trip to Paris may seem like a gastronomic hardship for a vegetarian of the non-dairy-eating variety, a bit of grueling (haha) hands-on research disproves that assumption. My husband and I took an April '99 trip to Paris. As I was six months...

Pros: Beautiful, intriguing!
Cons: Language can be a barrier

The year was 1990, and my husband and I were trying to decide how to celebrate our first anniversary. My husband is a HUGE fan of the Grateful Dead, and I'm a huge fan of international travel! The Dead were touring Europe, and we decided to follow them...

Pros: good prices on perfumes, great location
Cons: these things do have a limited shelf life so don't buy too much

During my research for my trip to Paris, I found the website Bonjour Paris (bparis.com) which I have already mentioned as a good resource. I found a lot of interesting information on this website, including the name of a perfume shop that was supposedly...

Pros: easy to use, great selection
Cons: there is some lag time due to time differences

NOTE: This is a review of a website that was instrumental in finding a hotel room in Paris. I know it should be under websites but there is no place to put it and Epinions is not making any additions right now. In the meantime, this is a great resource...

Pros: beautiful things, easy to get to
Cons: beauty is never cheap

I love writing. I love writing here at epinions but more that that I love writing period. For years my primary writing outlet was in writing letters. I had several elderly relatives who I wrote to on a weekly basis and who wrote back to me. I always...

Pros: Paris sights, hotel accommodations, public transportation
Cons: none

I can still remember my first visit to Paris in 1991. Communism had just fallen in Bulgaria and the borders were open for us to explore the West --the world of bright neon signs and quality products. We would also learn about freedoms that the people...

Pros: Big enough to leave you wanting to come back again and again
Cons: Crime situation; rather dirty; taxis

Bonjour Paris! I wanted to scream from the window of my Eurostar train. Here I was, at Gare du Nord, with suitcases and backpacks, enough for a month of stay... which was good, because I was to stay for almost 6 months after all.

...I climbed...

Pros: portable, complete, detailed: a MUST HAVE for a trip to Paris
Cons: can't find the teeny tiny version of this book!

The Plan de Paris ("PdP") is an absolutely necessary map/guide to Paris. An old, dog-eared version was foisted on me (literally!) by a co-worker only one hour before I left for the airport. Taking it was easier than explaining that I...

Pros: Its historical and architectural significance.
Cons: Unless you rent the audioguide, you won't get much explanation.

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

When something is referred to as a town's "best-kept secret," a caution flag goes up in my mind. Most of the time, the so-called attraction deserves obscurity. But the Basilica of...

Pros: easy to use and gets you where you want to go
Cons: I like travel above ground for the views

I know you have probably heard all about the Metro in Paris but I need to add my voice to the chorus on how wonderful it is.

I used the Metro only a few times on my recent trip to Paris. For the most part I walked because I was going to...

Pros: the sheer abundance of it all
Cons: I am not rich enough or strong enough to bring it all home

Do you love to cook? Do you love all the pots and pans and bowls and knives and everything else that comes with creating in the kitchen? Have I got a shop for you!

Dehillerin!!! (See the end of this review for the address and Metro stops)...