This past weekend, I went from tourist to tour guide when a friend of mine stayed in Paris for the weekend. It was only for two days, so I showed the essentials of Paris:

The Louvre

The Champs-Elysees

The Arc de Triomphe

 

Going up the Eiffel Tower

 

Notre Dame of Paris

 

The Catacombes

 

Sacre Coeur and Montmatre (Artist Hill of Paris)

 

It was most interesting to see just how complacent and normal Paris life has become for me, with the comparison of another person experiencing life here the first time. I had forgotten how big of a shock the packed metro system was or the ever-present stairs to climb in and out of the metro. Most importantly, I started to notice my progress in French, with his commentary of being impressed by my level of speaking.