Had an incredible trip to Paris, France for 3 nights with Terence, my friend Kerry and her 9 year old son (T's great friend), Liam. We were on an earlier flight than Kerry and Liam going over to Paris on Wednesday morning. We arrived at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and jumped on the train (EUR16.40 for the two of us) that took us to Chatelet Les Halles metro stop. From there we changed to the yellow / number 1 line 4 stops where we got off at Concorde near our hotel.
Paris metro map (looks confusing but it's great). 3 day travel passes were extremely affordable. Somewhere around USD 40 for the both of us for 3 days of unlimited traveling.
Terence and I made a great travel team together and made it in minimal time. When we came up from the metro at Concorde we turned our heads and guess what we saw? The Eiffel Tower! Terence gave out a type of shriek and his whole body sort of shivered with excitement. This first picture is from approximtely 2 minutes after we first saw the Eiffel Tower - just above the Concorde metro stop and about 3 blocks from our hotel.
When we got to our hotel (it was about noon), our room was still not ready. Terence and I decided to venture out. I asked our concierge if there was a Laduree bakery nearby. Lucky for us there was! Curt and I first fell upon Laduree when were in Paris 7 years ago. If you are ever near one, you must try their macaroons! Everything in this shop is incredibly delicious but their macaroons are very like nothing else I have eaten. The Laduree near our hotel was on the rue Royale (only about 4 short blocks away). We just took away some treats and headed over to a park bench in Espace Pierre Cardin (a park at the beginning of the Avenue des Champs-Elysees). 
Terence and I enjoyed the beautiful sunshine while watching the people walk by. Suddenly, I spotted a kiosk in the park with the word 'CREPE' on the side. Terence only talked about eating crepes while in Paris and there was a stand calling out to us. So, I pointed it out to him and asked him if he could read what it said. He sounded it out then shouted 'CREPE'! I asked him if he'd like to go and get one by himself if I gave him money. He said yes without hesitation. I watched him go over and noticed he was there for a while. I didn't know if he was having trouble communicating or if he was just being shy or if it was just taking a while to make the crepe. I video taped him coming back.
It turns out the lady was really friendly and was telling him that he spoke great French and asked him his age and where he was from. He told me that he had to tell her America as he couldn't think of how to say Hungary in French. The crepe cost 2EUR. Throughout our 3 day trip, he ate many crepes (average about 3 per day) and the most expensive crepe was 4.30 EUR (the price for sitting down) and the cheapest was only 1.50EUR near the Sacre Coeur (this made T excited as it was also freshly made on the spot).
From the park we walked across the Champs-Elysees. This first photo is of us standing on it with the Arc de Triomphe in the distance. We were just so excited! It was wonderful to see Paris through Terence's eyes.
This last photo is T walking across the Champs-Elysees. We were walking over to the Jardin des Tuileries next to the Louvre.
I have 100s more photos that I took and will sort through the rest tomorrow.
It feels great to be home and with Curt, Mia and Ali again. Terence couldn't stop talking about the trip all evening. He was just flying high from the experience.
