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Top Ten Things To See in Paris

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Do you dream about going on vacation to Paris? I do! I spent about 2 hours in the airport there one summer, and have regretted not having a long layover or even staying there for a few days ever since. I’ll go back and ready to tour the Top Ten Things To See in Paris.

10. The Eiffel Tower

9. Louvre Museum (photo credit: Brittanica)

8. Palace of Versailles (photo credit: National Geographic)

7. Musee d’Orsay (photo credit: National Geographic)

6. Paris Opera House (photo credit Architecture/About.com)

5. Grevin Wax Museum

4. Seine River Cruise (photo: National Geographic)

3. Notre Dame Cathedral

2.  Arc de Triomphe

1. The Montparnasse Tower

Have you ever been to Paris? What was your favorite site to see? What would you love to go and do in Paris? Let me know in the comments!

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  1. Jesselyn A/Jesstinger says

    Oh, Nicole, Nicole, Nicole – I’m surprised by your glaring omission of one of Paris’s finest (by admittedly often overlooked attractions…

    Of course, I am talking about the Pere Lachaise Cemetary where many great artists throughout history are buried, not the least of which is one, Jim Morrison, iconic lead singer (and poet) of The Doors… I realize this cutting edge band, best know for the (then) controversial hard rock song, “LIGHT MY FIRE” – which shocked and dismayed many older viewers of the Ed Sullivan Show and resulted in the American band being banned FOR LIFE from America’s #1 family/variety show.

    But I digress, the Pierre Lachaise Cemetary was built in 1804 by none less than NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE. Among the many gravestones and monuments and remains that haunt this final resting place are such artistic geniuses as:

    Fredric Chopin, Marcel Proust, Honore de Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Colette, Sarah Bernhardt, Marcel Marceau, Max Ernst, Edith Piaf and Maria Callas. But rest assured that Jim Morrison is also in the good company of such American greats as Isadore Duncan, Gertrude Stein, Richard Wright and Alice B. Toklas.

    Many of the tombs are works of art (or intrigue) themselves and wandering through Paris’s largest cemetary is pleasant and unusual way to spend a couple of hours on a nice day, see a part of Paris that is more ethnic and off the beaten track and finally easy to get of by Metro (the Subway.)

    Oh and back to Jimmy Morrison: while the Pere Lachaise Cemetary is fairly large – it is easy to find the final resting place of one of American ’60’s Rock icons (and answer to the Beatles and Rolling Stones – who died in Paris “peacefully, of natural causes at age 27” :

    Gravestones and monuments throughout the burial ground have been rather crudely and haphazardly defaced with “graffiti” – scribbled arrows and brief notations that simply say “JIM”.