This weekend I went to Paris.  I love Paris.  Paris is basically the best city in the world.  Even though I was only there for two days, I felt like I was in multiple distinct cities.

• The quiet, calm 16th arrondissement, where I lived during my semester abroad.  I am most likely to run into someone above the age of 60 in the street, or someone walking their dog in heels.  It's comfortable, I have my favorite boulangeries and metro routes.  You can read about my best day abroad by clicking here.  While I was here, I slept in the room I stayed in abroad.  Obviously, I had to take a picture of my view:

• Galleries Lafayette in full pre-Christmas mode.  OMG IT WAS A ZOO, overwhelming crowds at every turn.  Obviously because I am a masochist, I had to brave the crowds to try on a pair of boots that I can never in my dreams afford.  Overheard a French woman say to her daughter "it really feels like too much!"  

• 20th arondissement: This is where I feel like my parents would settle if we lived in Paris, and where our cousins the Lepretre-Girard live.  Their neighborhood is really lively and very diverse.  They buy both Algerian and Jewish bread for the weekend (not just baguettes)!  They also live walking distance from Pere Lachaise cemetary and I got to pay my respects to my cousin Maurice.  Maurice was keenly interested in genealogy and he is the reason why I know the Lepretre-Girard family, as well as my wonderful cousins Lise and Maxime and the Lellouche clan.  

The Columbarium, where Maurice and his wife Pitsy are located.

They're in the middle

And some more pictures from my trip:

A gravestone in Hebrew in Pere Lachaise

Another one

 

 A beautiful tomb

Place de la Concorde

and again

Hotel de Ville

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XOXO

SAMANTHA