Bonjour, Paris

Two and a half days at Paris is not even close to the time you should spend there. But two and half days is a lot more than never. Actually, it wasn't my first time there. First time I went about sixteen years ago after winning a quiz on history dates contest in a youth magazine, even celebrated a new years eve there. But it was a trip with a group of tourists, not that I've been on many of that kind, and the experience was different. This time I went there with my sister who hasn't been to Paris before and I had to be a leader of our "big" tourist group. With my rusty basic French knowledge all I managed is to be polite and ask if they speak English. I guess it was more than enough.
The thing I knew but this time I experienced on my own that flying to a cheap flight airport like Beauvais takes a lot of time from the day you have to spend in such a big city - well, at least you can't  getlost in an airport and getting to a city from there is easy - the downside is that it takes time(an hour and a little bit more). Then, if you booked a place to stay in some of the southern or eastern parts of Paris - you'll spend an hour by hoping on and off metros and hopefully it won't be a peak time there and you'll get a seat. That's minus 2 hours. The same goes when you have to get back at the airport.
The metro system is really easy to figure out even with so many lines (having a metro map in your pocket also helps) and your feet are thankful to you for using it a lot -  however jumping from one station to another just to see tourist attractions - takes a lot from the experience you would get by walking from one spot to another.
Apart from visiting most famous spots what else did we do? There was some unforgettable experience to watch paparazzies hunt down celebrities at the Paris Opera House. Every hunter had their prey, but the most wanted beast there was Paul McCartney, as it happened we managed to get there just after Stella McCartney's show.
Monmartre is definitely my favorite part of Paris. And not because I'm a big fan of "Amelie from Monmartre" and Yan Tiersen's music. Narrow streets and stairs and beautiful panoramas of the city opening everywhere and all wrapped in an elegant grey and beige at this time of year. You can't hurry there, you have to keep calm and just flow.