Thank you for the report Alan. I've only been to France once and it was decades ago. Fortunately, I traveled with someone who had researched Paris extensively and spoke French well. We visited all of the sites mentioned in your report but I must say Montmartre was my favorite. Had my portrait done by someone I thought was a local artist. Yes, his French was that good and I took 8 years worth. He was from Brookline, Massachusetts <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
The only adventurous trip we made was on the bullet train to Dijon. Interesting little story involving meeting someone from my home town and a wild & wooly business visit while I was there but since I think I've already posted it in years past, I won't get into it here.
