Paris- Where Good Wine is Cheaper than Good Coffee!!!

Paris...I am in love with Paris!!! Its the best city I have been to- better than New Yok, San Frans, DC, Boston, Chicago, or any one of the Indian Metropolitans...its simple amazing. A bit too chic for me to live there, but def. worth many more visits!!

I got to Paris on the night of the 4th and met up with my second couchsurfing host- the guy with the boat. He turned out to be a really cool guy, works in an America based HFund and does cool healthcare projects on the side!! And he has an awesome boat on the Seine that overlooks the island Sarkozy used to live on before he became the President!! Anyways, he took me on this amazing 'Paris at Night' tour of the city. I dont have words to describe it. When I upload pictures, you will see it for yourself. Stunning. The next day, I woke up to a 'Snowy Paris'. It was mesmerizing. I spent ~ 15 hours just walking aorund the city, getting in and out of museums and monuments, eating as little as possible :) and trying to take in as much of the ambience as I possibly could.

Last night, when I went to bed, I remember thinking that I had never seen so many women wearing designer coats (all black, mind you!) and high heeled boots and carry Coach (or D &G or something like that) anywhere else in my life!! And here I was, a tourist from the US, in my sneakers (yeah- I gave in...:)) and carrying my huge backpack and trudging along this fancy city :P Anyways, I did a little more of that today...and finally took the train into Brussels and got my computer back!!

I will head out to the airport in a few hours and start the second leg of my journey- Freetown, Sierra Leone!! Stay tuned! :)