Ok - I am now officially homesick for Paris

I love that you use the term "home"sick.

And I love that we all loved our hotels.



And the food.



Oh, and besides, ya know, the gastronomics ... there's the art and architecture, the accents, the culture, the museums, the monuments, the Metro, the cemetaries, the cathedrals, the history, the beauty everywhere ... oh, and one of the world's better Disneylands.



Not bad.

Paris is and - even after London - remains my very favorite city. There is something so magical about the place. I really love everything about it.

As for guide books, I swear by Lonely Planet and Time Out guides. The Lonely Planet Condensed was THE guide we used throughout Paris. It was wonderful.

There are 2 new guide series that I haven't used but am very interested in:

Walpaper City Guide from the publishers of the hipster magazine and from the fantastic Phaedon press.

and

The Hedonist's Guide which MUST be good.

As cool as Paris is...

I love Gothenburg, Sweden - I'd move there in a heartbeat, just to be closer to Balder.

The French Riviera is still very nice to see such as Saint Tropez , Nice , Cannes , Juan les Pins , Marseilles .

Sydney's hard to beat.

Freshest of food (try throwing a shrimp on the....... saute pan with truffle butter), great wine (try some of our Mudgee Region classics), and the locals are as accommodating as you could want !

Oh, and the LashPair are there.... :blush: