Ah, where to live in the great city of Paris?

Well, seems my month-long Paris get-away is quickly gaining recognition amoung my peers, and most people I've talked to would love to be going along as well. Of great interest lately is where I'm going to live? A weighty decision at best in this beautiful city with an abundance of apartments tucked away in quaint little corners and crevices. Which arrondissement to choose? Well, I finally decided on the 3rd arrondissement, better know as Le Marais district. I've been Googling it lately -- street view of course -- and it's a great district and looks like a happy place to live. I'll settle down there for a month and use it as home-base for all of my day trips and museum-hopping. There's a Brasserie right at the corner of my street -- great for that morning café and croissant avec confiture de fraise. And as you can see I've added a picture of mon appartement towards the bottom of this blog.

Marcia in the Marais

February 22, 2009

Planning stages: do you have any idea how much work it is to go on a month's vacation? I'll need a vacation to rest up from all the planning and organizing! And I thought planning for a 3-day backpack trip was difficult....

So far I've broken down the trip planning into 5 stages: transportation, lodging, medical, safety, and technical and electronic factors. That was easy. It's addressing all those issues that is causing the current feelings of "help, what ever possessed me to think that I could live in Paris for a month?!"