Some Americans in Paris

The husband and I are going to Paris in a few weeks and (this seems strange to say) I’ve barely thought about it at all! But now that it’s getting closer and closer I’m sorta like wait… I’m going to Paris in a few weeks!! While I am really, really excited for Paris, this will be our third trip solo trip ever away from our kids and it’s still hard to do every time. I’m a nervous nelly and honestly one of the reasons I haven’t thought that that much about this trip is the fact that I haven’t wanted to think about leaving the kids. BUT after talking with Grandma and Grandpa the other night I know they’ll be in good hands and I’m starting to get really excited.

This will be my first trip to Paris and only my second time to Europe. (I went to Italy a few years ago –to Cinque Terre, Rome and Venice–on a girls trip with some good friends and it was a dream.)

The last trip the Mr. and I took together was a couple years ago to NYC on our 10 year wedding anniversary. Since we moved there two weeks after our wedding and lived there for 4 years it seemed only appropriate to go back for the big 10. We slept in, ran in Central Park, and ate amazing food and did Sleep No More–a live interactive theatre experience. (If I could go back in time I would get tickets to see a little play that was opening the same weekend we happened to be in the city… a little play called Hamilton. Waaaaa!)

5 years before that we took a super dreamy vacation to the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. I remember doing a bigger excursion or adventure each day, and then also watching a movie every afternoon in the middle of the day “just because we could.” Everything about this trip was so great.

Whether its across the pond, or even in a hotel across the city I think it’s so great for couples to get away every now and again without the kids. This will be our longest trip away from them though, so I know it’s also going to be hard. I’ll console myself with French bread and macarons… I think I’ll be OK.

The one thing we did manage to do was to get a great AirBnB in a cute little neighborhood within walking distance from the Eiffel Tower and right across from a metro station. Of course we plan to hit all the major sites–The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Notre Dame, Champs Elysees, and I really want to hit up the Antique market–but if you have any recommendations that are a little off the beaten path I’d love to hear them! Especially any food recommendations! I don’t want a huge list, but rather if you had one place you could eat at again where would it be?