Picnic along the SeineĮvery Parisian knows that restaurant meals can prove pricey, so opt for a picnic along the Seine. It’s a nice way to quickly check plenty off your tourist checklist. Watch boats putter by, listen to the music of street performers, and take in the iconic buttress of Notre-Dame and the statue-encrusted Hôtel de Ville all from one place. This bridge links the two central islands: Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis. Best view of Paris goes to Pont Saint-Louis But the longer you stay in Paris, the more strolls you take, the more you discover the sweeter side of the world’s most popular tourist destination: secret gardens, hidden passageways, a treasure trove of boutiques, intricate architecture, and a passion for preserving history.Īfter two years of strolling around the City of Light, here are my top insider tips: 1. The top layer, the most visible one, is where you’ll find the tourists visiting monuments. Paris is a city of layers, a veritable mille-feuille if you will. I was hooked from page one.By Janice MacLeod, author of Paris Letters 'Brilliant concept meets stellar execution in this fast-paced deep space adventure. Nyxia grabs you from the first line and never lets go.' -Marie Lu,#1 New York Times bestselling author of the Young Elites series Will the Genesis team make it out alive before it's too late? Their mission from Babel is simple: extract nyxia, the most valuable material in the universe, and play nice with the indigenous Adamite population.īut Emmett and the others quickly realize they are caught between two powerful forces-Babel and the Adamites-with clashing desires. Now Emmett and the rest of the Genesis spaceship survivors must rally and forge their own path through a new world. But it didn't take long for him to learn that Babel's competition was full of broken promises, none darker or more damaging than the last one. 'File this book under A for Amazing.' -Jay Kristoff, New York Times bestselling authorĭiscover book two in the sci-fi space trilogy that Bustle described as ' The 100 meets Illuminae' and Marie Lu called, 'a high-octane thriller.'Įmmett Atwater thought Babel's game sounded easy.

Paris Letters by Janice MacLeod