While looking through old photos I found these two, and realized that one is from my very first summer visit to Paris, when I was but a teen, and the other from my last summer there. I got a bit nostalgic thinking of all the places, and people, and all those years I lived there in between. Summers in Paris are always amazing, regardless the tourists and the pollution. The city makes such a successful effort at offering amazing and free distractions from Fête de la Musique, to Paris Plage, to Jazz festivals and open-air cinema at La Villette. I love the crowded cefes and terraces in Le Marais, Montmartre, or Quartier Latin, Oberkampf, or the Canal St Martin...oooh, even better, rue Montorgueil and rue Tiquetonne.
Ice cream is best on Ile St Louis, and crowd watching, from one of the bridges. Shopping is cool on rue des Francs Bourgeois, rue de Sevres and rue Montorgueil, but my very favorite place in the summer is Place des Vosges for a picnic, and then an apero somewhere on rue Vieille du Temple or rue du Tresor.
So many places and things to do, I could go on forever, so instead I will leave one precise recommendation for a summer escape. Hop on the RER train, and 45 minutes later you can be riding a rented bike in the Versailles gardens by the stunning chateau. An incredibly beautiful and relaxing way of spending a spring or summer day. Especially for those who need to get away from the busy city!
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