Friendly Paris: exploring the real Paris with a Greeter

Bellevue is on a hill and offers a wonderful view of Paris.

I gained the typical tourist’s introduction to Paris on a free 3-hour walking tour.

Notre Dame de Paris, the Pont Neuf, theChamps-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. None of it is to be missed but it is not the Paris that Parisians live.

To get a real sense of Paris – Paris from a local’s perspective – I went on a Paris Greeter tour. And my experience was way beyond that of a typical tourist.

My Parisian greeter,...