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We\u2019re away until January 2, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2018. Enjoy your holiday!<\/i><\/p>\n

Real life reviews from the City of Light, compiled from TripAdvisor.com<\/em><\/p>\n

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Musee d’Orsay<\/p><\/div>\n

MUS\u00c9E D\u2019ORSAY<\/p>\n

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\nNot worth unless you are into art
\n<\/a>Only go if you are interested in art history. I love history, but I couldn\u2019t stay here for more than an hour, as its pictures doesn\u2019t make sense to me.<\/p>\n

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EIFFEL TOWER<\/p>\n

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\nVery not good!<\/a>
\n<\/u>We expect from the Eiffel Tower something romantic. But we got\u2014very not good and not clean around the Eiffel Tower! At night you can\u2019t see the city of Paris because there is not enough lighting!!!
\nAfter visiting the Eiffel Tower, NO body helped us to find the way to go down!!!<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re away until January 2, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2018. Enjoy your holiday! Real life reviews from the City of Light, compiled from TripAdvisor.com MUS\u00c9E D\u2019ORSAY Not worth unless you are into art Only go if you are interested in art history. I love history, but I couldn\u2019t stay here for more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44292],"tags":[29537,32479,32480,32482,32481,15748,32478],"class_list":["post-132184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-of-2018","tag-eiffel-tower","tag-hemmingway","tag-moulin-rouge","tag-notre-dame","tag-pere-lachaise","tag-shakespeare-and-company","tag-the-louvre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nParis, Reviewed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So is Paris any good or not? 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