Quick summation:
1) My best friend, Amanda Gengler, signed up in December to run her first marathon. Being as smart as she is, she picked Paris! She ran for Team in Training which raises money for the Leukemia Society in NYC.
2) In Paris I went to: the Louvre, the Toullerie Gardens, Notre Dame, many incredible restaurants, the most amazing vintage clothing store in the world, and the marathon (of course!). Also met some incredible French people who sparked my new found interest in learning French as well as sparked a great interest in travelling to Croatia, China, etc.
3) The Riviera: Amanda and I then headed to the greatest area in the world, the French Riviera. Visited Nice, Monte Carlo (once I find my Prince Charming I can promise my wedding will be there) and then headed to Cannes (home of the Cannes Film Festival).
I am so in love with the French lifestyle. They sip their coffee in ceramic mugs (no such thing as to-go cups), they don't eat food on the go, they work to live (not live to work), and they truly have learned how to enjoy life. It is beautiful to just be part of it for a week and a half and I seriously had tears in my eyes when leaving because I felt I had left a true paradise.
Can't wait to go back and I am already plotting my next trip back to Monte-Carlo. I wish I could write more but it was one of those trips that is best described with just one word, "lovely."
