Reasons why I Love Paris

I have a great unforgettable memories from Paris. From unforgettable times as a young student on holiday and on a budget, those memories will never leave me.

From being a typical student and partying too hard with the resultant monumental hangover and trying to recover on the steps of Sacre-Coeur. Enjoying the quiet dignity and calm of the Jeu de Paume. Being able to appreciate the serenity of the works of Monet and Camille Pissarro to then trying to get beneath the outright wackiness of the likes of Picasso, Dali and Magritte.

Certainly, all forms of life can be found in Paris. Yes France may have its socioeconomic problems like everyone else but like others they manage. There are places in Paris where you can forget about the hassles of day to day living and just revel in some of the glories and Splendour of days gone by.

Life in Paris has the ability to marry successfully the new with the old. You have this modern day world capital and economic and social in pot-pourri living together side by side and somehow managing to get on together.

You have in Paris, some of the world's most beautiful buildings and some of the most striking pieces of modern architecture. Just down the street from Elegance and Splendour you have buildings covered in bullet marks and fading plaster that obviously haven't been looked at since 1945.

Yet stop and ask the typical Parisian why this is and certainly with regards to the fading plasterwork and bookmarks and like the madrilenos asked about some of Madrids fading glory they are just as likely to shrug their shoulders and indicate that there are actually more important issues in the world.

Who is to say they are wrong and indeed in a great many cases they are not.

But back to why I like Paris.

The answer lies with the fact that with the minimum of effort everyone is catered for in Paris. Whilst the majority of us relax among some of the most beautiful urban parkland to be found or gazing at some of the most stunning architecture, the more high brow amongst us can visit some of the worlds finest museums and art galleries.

From the mighty splendour of the Musee de Louvre (the worlds largest museum everyone please note) to some of the more obscure but no less worthy museums such as the Musee Carnavalet, and the Musee National du Moyen-Age, Paris has something for everyone.For those less interested in the Arts then there is always the chance to be taken of spending some time while our partners or friends are viewing world famous works of art and artefacts, of being able to just relax and chill in the likes of Le Jardin du Luxembourg, Le Jardin des Tuileries or the Bois de Boulogne.

A trip to Paris would not be complete without some time spent appreciating the awesome majesty of Notre Dame Cathedral or the Sheer beauty of Sacre-Coeur which if I am not very much mistaken was where we all came in!

Yes, Paris has something for everyone.