Paris

You do need to say bonjour and bonsoir when greeting people. Everyone was pretty nice about though. Merci and pardon go a long way too. That's it though, English is prevelant.

Make all the reserveations you can. If a place is a sit down resturant you will need a reservation. Val made many of the reservations we had online before we left.

Todo

• Devour Tours - Really fun food tour! The tour guide was great and we learned a lot. It's nice to hit up these smaller places and try a sample of what they offer.

• Jardin du Musée Rodin - really good museum. The audio guide is worth it but be prepared to be there longer than you expect.

• La Cave du 38 Riv' - tiny and good jazz place. You can probably get in if you go early. But, you should see if you can reserve tickets before going.

Places/Food Spots we liked:

• Caractère de Cochon - best ham and butter sandwiches, they do not start making sandwiches until 11am. He will ask you to come back after that. Also, he was polite but not thrilled with us. But, power through because it's worth it. Pick the meat that looks like your favorite, don't ask for a suggestion, and go with it. You can't go wrong!

• Magnum - great wine bar! Very relaxed and the guy was helpful.

• L'As du Fallafel - Wow was this good.

• La Vache dans le Vignes - really great wine and charcuterie/cheese spot, friendly and easy menu. Go in pick a wine and let the guy pick your cheese. Chill!

• La Cidrerie - lots of ciders and they do flights.

• Yellow Tucan - good coffee

• Gourmandises Paris - probably the best croissant I had in paris

• Le Peloton Café - good coffee and waffles. this place also runs bike tours which seemed interesting

Don't do this

• Les Caves du Louvre - unless you have a paris pass this is not worth it