Things a Parisian would never do and you're dying to do
Mythical places, classic to-do lists that are passed down from one generation to another, centuries-old restaurants and **kitsch scenes in the purest style of photographer Martin Parr ** that are repeated even in the best families.
** GET A SOUVENIR **
Buy a mini metallic Eiffel Tower or with light inside; the equivalent of the famous duo “bull and gypsy” above the telly.
as a memory of Ratatouille , choose a chef's hat with the French flag and an apron with typical recipes.
Load with sheets of the famous cabaret The Chat Noir , plaques with the streets of Paris, Le Petit Prince mugs, magnets with assorted cheese boards, Sorbonne t-shirts and some spicier ones from the Pigalle neighborhood.
Go up to the Square of the Tertre so that they make an unrecognizable charcoal portrait of you that you will camouflage on the way back when you enter the plane so that it does not count as hand luggage.
At the time it seems like a good idea but it is not.
WITH A LOT OF 'STYLE'
Throw you in a bikini paris beach , the Parisian artificial beach located in the quays of the seine during the summer months, the closest thing to Benidorm in Paris.
Dress up in sumptuous finery and a wig Marie Antoinette at events in one of the castles around Paris.
Tour the city Parisian cliche dress , with the beret and the striped shirt or in glamorous Paris style with the tutu skirt and high heels, suffering long itineraries for days.
do the modern and wear the outfits that no one dares to wear in their own city, with the excuse that Paris is the city of fashion.
the beach of paris
PHOTOS THAT DO NOT FAIL
The one in the middle of winter in which you are warm with 18 layers of clothing (hats, gloves, thermal socks, scarves...) that you take off in an act of courage to take the new profile picture of your social networks with the Church of Notre Dame in the background.
Take turns doing a photo shoot with your hair and the skirt in the wind on the big fan in front of the Moulin Rouge and hum the song from the Luhrmann movie.
An almost irreverent selfie with the portrait of Van Gogh under his imposing gaze at the Musée D'Orsay or with the Gioconda at the Louvre.
The reproduction with your boyfriend of the romantic kiss of Robert Doisneau in front of the Hotel de Ville while the crowd of rue de Rivoli tramples you mercilessly.
A perfect, barely studied still life of Parisian breakfast staples (baguette, noisette and Le Monde newspaper) .
Luxury snapshots in front of the Chanel, Dior, Nina Ricci boutiques... of the great Avenue Montaigne as if you were the kings of shopping but without entering them and ending up in Galeries Lafayette.
eating clichés for breakfast
Infinite photo replays of Paris jumping, blowing kisses, with duckface and with all the unimaginable perspectives of all the monuments.
Climb the Eiffel Tower with the "blessed" selfie stick and pan each view dodging those who have had the same happy idea.
See Paris through the camera, use the hashtags #parisjetaime and #bonjourparis about 1000 times on each of the social networks and impatiently check the likes you get every time you connect to Wi-Fi.
Essential photo with hands in the shape of a heart in front of the Wall of "je t'aime" of the Place des Abbesses (in which “I love you” is written in 250 languages) .
Immortalize the fashionable sweets of the numerous mono-product patisseries, chous, eclairs, Merveilleux… in all its versions.
A curated still life in honor of the macaron, in a naive style with its corresponding accessories; a vintage polaroid, a lipstick, a map of Paris, a cup of tea, a picnic basket...
BON APPETIT!
Order a light fondue, a raclette and a chocolat chaud in the middle of august because it was scheduled. and pronounce bon appétit , of course.
Go to the Latin Quarter and end up having dinner in a Greek restaurant full of ornate decorations and miniatures of the Parthenon and as a culmination to liven up the evening, "enjoy" live music and the show of breaking plates.
a marathon of traditional restaurants ; have a croissant for breakfast at Maxim’s, eat Foie gras de canard poêlé at Le Fouquet’s, have a gâteau at Café de la Paix and have a sole meunière for dinner at La Coupole.
Ask a pompous seafood on a tiny table on one of those enormous trays suspended in full rue de Buci of the Odéon district, under the sidelong glances of other less daring tourists.
The immense queues to taste some escargots in the traditional Bouillon Chartier and make a close-up of the insignificant snails with their garlic and parsley dressing. Or the eternal wait in front of the Relais de l'Entrecôt to try their famous and secret sauce served with amazing speed.
The delicious escargots of Benoit
ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES
Put a padlock in the shape of a heart with your initials and those of your beloved girlfriend, flirt or future conquest in the Pont des Arts and throw the key into the river in an act of eternal love. Ohhhhh you can't.
A passionate embrace Louvre Museum next to the statue 'Psyche revived by the kiss of love' by Antonio Canova.
A journey with a show in Bateaumouche, a tour of the Sacre Coeur on the Montmartre train or a ride with music in a tuk-tuk.
Relive the scene of the emblematic corners of the cinema; Le Cafe des 2 Moulins Amelie Poulain , the stairs of Midnight in Paris , the rue de Barres gossip-girl , the square of The devil wears Prada …
Gossip Girl in Paris
a crazy party , with the air of a village verbena in the popular Firemen's Dance of July 14.
A night of vedettes, lights, feathers and paillettes in the emblematic show lido.
Mark a fetish kiss of carmine on the grave of Jim Morrison in the cemetery of Pere-Lachaise.
End the trip dancing under the bridges of Paris as in They all say I Love You by Woody Allen.
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They all say 'I love you'
HA, you can't anymore