April in Paris: Voyager Avec Enfants (chez nous, a recap)

I think I promised at the beginning of the week that I would give a little review of the apartment where we stayed, and though I almost don ' t want to, just to keep competition down for the same apartment should we want to book it again in the future, that ' s a pretty asshole reason to not share something good with other people.The rental company we used wasParis Perfect, and the apartment we rented wasThe Bergerac, which was in the 7th arrondissement on the Avenue de la Bourdonnais, basically one block away from the base of the Eiffel Tower. I picked this neighborhood for two reasons.One, which I mentioned before, is that every single kid (even Nina) knew that the Eiffel Tower was in France. So I wanted to be close enough that they couldsee it every day, and have the view itself substitute in for any desire they might have to actually go upinto the tower. I mean...look. If any one of our kids had expressed a strong interest to go up into the tower, we would have acquiesced--the key to a trip like this with young kids is letting them choose the things that are interesting to them, rather than just steering them hither and yon. But, do I really want to stand in line for two hours to wait for an elevator, in order to see theinside of a structure that looks way more interesting from theoutside?Not so much. (Full disclosure, I grew up in New York City, and I have not once gone up to the observation deck of the Empire State Building either.)The second reason I chose this apartme...
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