From Paris with Difference

Paris. Over rated? Let's find out. An invitation from Emily and one hour later on the same Sunday morning I had the tickets in my hand heading towards Paris. Fascinating. A good two hours of train ride from Lyon to Paris and we're in the city of romance and expensive restaurants.

Let's see. We didn't visit the Eiffel tower, we didn't visit any museums, we didn't climb up to l'Arc de Triomphe, we didn't spend money on design artifacts, we didn't visit Moulin rouge, we didn't drink wine, we didn't eat French food and we didn't take lots of touristic pictures. What did we do then? Beware all of you skeptics, Paris lovers and American fast food joint haters, stop reading now!

We ordered a bucket of chicks from KFC and ate it in the woods (west of Paris), we slept in Little India (neighborhood next to la Chapelle metro stop), we had superb Indian food, we used the fantastic Veli'b city bike system to get around as well as the metro, we had ice cream, we ate incredible burgers at Hard Rock Cafe, we used the free toilets of McDonald's on Champs Elysees, we gave money to homeless guys, we visited the Ellen Von Unwerth photo exposition in the Bon Marché, we had coffees, we got lost in a fancy neighborhood. Oh and it rained the whole Monday.

Paris is not over rated, you just need to find a way how to enjoy it in another way. Swedish groups seen: 2, Americans: Eternal amount, Germans: 4 groups, British: at least 5, Finnish: 0. Where are you Finns?

In-joy ze pictures!

POV of Louvre

Street art

The normal every day taxi

Ellen von Unwerth photo exposition

Tent with electricity and a guarding bear outside

Yes, these pictures are taken in Paris

Cigar and a Jaguar XKR-S auspuff (normal stuff)

Seine