Things I want to do in Paris!

Before I left for Paris, I asked many of you for Paris-must-do recommendations - thank you! I am so excited to follow your suggestions... though I have to admit that, since there are so many of them, I've been having a lot of trouble keeping things in mind. Which brings me to this post.

Although, I've just spent 2 weeks in Paris, I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of all that the city has to offer. My classes don't start until 1pm, which is fantastic in terms of sleeping in (if I ever slept in) but not-so-great in terms of being able to wander. The fact that I also need to post for class DAILY is also severely cramping my style. I'm going to have to start planning way ahead in order to get everything I want to do into my short time here... which is what this list is for!

Please feel free to leave comments if there is anything else you think I should do and/or if you want to come with!

Monuments & Historic sites

• Arc de Triomphe Success!!: February 28, 2009
  
• Actually take a tour of the Garnier Opera House
• The Catacombes Success!!: March 6, 2009
  
• Spend a day at Versailles Success!!: February 28, 2009
• Spend an afternoon at the Cimetière de Montparnasse (and figure out where Baudelaire and Maupaussant are buried!) Success!!: March 6, 2009
• Visit Victor Hugo's home =) Success!!: March 17, 2009

Museums

• Wander around the LouvreSuccess!!: March 14, 2009
• Spend more time at the Musée D'Orsay
• Musée Picasso
• Musée de l'Erotisme (I still haven't checked out the Museum of Sex back home)
• Musée Rodin (recommended by Jessie)
• Musée Carnavalet Success!!: March 17, 2009
• Museum of Jewish Art and History Success!!: March 15, 2009
• Les Invalides Success!!: March 16, 2009

Shopping

• Check out the really huge produce market in Belleville
• Head to Le Marché des Enfants Rouges
  

Restaurants & Food

• Eat a savory crepe, preferably around the Latin Quarter, where the food seems more plentiful and cheapSuccess!!: Multiple times. Muuultiple times.
• Mint tea, baklava, and Turkish delight at La Grand Mosquée (recommended by Elspeth)
  Success!!: March 1, 2009 (Kind of. Tea and food is yet to happen)
• Eat at the Flora Danica (Ah, narcissism! Also, recommended by Shashi) Success!!: In lieu of spending money I don't have, I took a picture with the restaurant on February 28, 2009
• Cookies, cake, and hot chocolate at Angelina's Tearoom (recommended by Sydney) Success!!: February 5, 2009
• Ice cream at Chez Berthillon
• Marcarons at La Durée (recommended by Elspeth) Success!!: March 16, 2009
• Have tea at Mariage Frères
  Success!!: February 6, 2009

Bars

• The Frog & British Library (recommended by Jessie) Success!!: February 4, 2009 (I might want to check out the other branches of the Frog, though...)
  
• Drink absinthe... somewhere (Els, I can't seem to find the absinthe place you went to online!)
• Culture-Biere (recommended by Kate)
  

Nightlife - ...I found out that most of my desire to go clubbing has died (thank you, sketchy French men). Instead, I spent a LOT of time hunting down awesome beers =)

• Ladies night (Wednesday) at Le Queen
• Ladies night (Friday) at La Loco
• Go aboard Le Batofar
• Take advantage of being an international student to head to Six Seven sans cover
• Head to Rex and enjoy, um, minimalist electronica
• Figure out when Cab is pushing no cover
  

Everything Else

• The Bootlegger - home of lots and lots of beer Success!!: January 22, 2009
• Shakespeare & Company - otherwise known as bookstore porn. Oh boy! Success!!: January 19, 2009
• Snap a shot of the Moulin Rouge... but not pay the exorbitant fees to get inside Success!!: February 27, 2009
• Head to Chinatown for the parade on New Year (January 31) Fail? I was in Amsterdam that weekend... which makes January 31st itself a SUCCESS!!
• Watch a movie in La Pagode (recommended by Elspeth)
  

Whew, this is quite a hefty list! As the list grows/shrinks, I'll be updating this post. Do let me know if it's messing with your feeds...

xoxo,
D

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