The mistake most visitors make in Paris is trying to see it all. The city rewards the opposite: choose one arrondissement, stay in it, and let its rhythm become yours for a weekend.
We chose the Marais. Coffee at the same counter every morning, the same bakery for the evening bread, a small museum on Saturday and a long, unplanned walk on Sunday. By the second day, the waiter remembered our order.
Paris is not a list of monuments. It is a collection of villages, and the best way to know it is to belong to one, even for two days.
