The Perfect Day in Paris!

 Today we immersed ourselves in Parisian culture and lifestyle. We began our day by enjoying café and croissants while enjoying open air markets and boutiques.  We tried (sometimes successfully and most of the time not) to carry on conversations in French with street vendors and the locals. Our next adventure was climbing the hilltop of Montmartre. We enjoyed gazing at the beautiful Sacre-Coeur Basilica. The highlight of our day was wondering the streets of the Montmartre neighborhood. We walked in the same streets that artist TouLouse-Lautrec, van Gough, Renoir and Picasso did! This was so exciting to us and we both said it made our hearts feel warm to be this close to artist that inspire us. One charming quality of Montmart is that local artists still fill the square to create and sell their artwork. While sitting at dinner an artist named Maxium asked to draw Andrea’s portrait.  He looked and acted like a character right out of the 19^th century.  At the end of our day the total damage was:

6 paintings from local artist . . . 200,00 Euro

1 Fromagerie (cheese plate) . . . 15,00  Euro

2 authentic French meals . . . 54,00 Euro

8 kisses from a local arist . . . . . . . . . PRICELESS!