Bonne Année

I hope it’s not too late for New Year resolutions because six days into 2010, my list is finally complete.  I have approximately 20 weekends left in Paris and therefore my #1 New Year resolution is to truly know the city.  Last semester, I spent a lot of time here adjusting in between jet setting.  I ended the semester wondering how it flew by so fast and how I could possibly have so much left to see.  When I return to the United States in June, I want no regrets, no should-haves, would-haves, or could-haves.

I have created a 20-part list of things, mini-resolutions, I want to do and see in Paris (ideally one for each weekend).  They are as follows:

1.       Make my way through the ENTIRE Louvre

2.      Climb to the top of the Notre Dame

3.      Visit the Musée Rodin

4.      Visit the Musée Marmottan Monet

5.      Visit the Centre Pompidou

6.      Go to a ballet

7.      Visit the musée du Picasso

8.     Visit the Holocaust memorial

9.      Go to le cinéma

10.  Picnic along the Seine

11.   Run in le Parc Buttes Chaumont

12.  Go to an opera

13.  Visit le musée d’art deco

14.  Read a book in la Place des Vosages

15.   Walk through Père Lachaise

16.  See the spring blossoms in Bois de Vincennes

17.   Visit the wall of “je t’aime”

18.  Visit Napoleon’s tomb at Les Invalides

19.  Visit le Grand Palais

20. Learn to make crêpes

Wish me bonne chance!

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