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You Go Girl Paris: A Women's Guide to Paris (Paris Travel Guide)

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Planning to celebrate my 50th birthday in Paris and just found this book on the Internet (I loved their previous book regarding London). I was thrilled to see that I have read several of the books they recommend so the references were especially meaningful. I plan to start reading others on their recommendation list and then bring their guide with me when I go!

Barb and Polly are sisters and they "do Paris" on a shoestring budget which is right up my alley. They suggest many sights and experiences but always give you an idea of how much, how seedy, how "must-do" certain activities are. I like the perspective they give as two women traveling about because the trip to Paris I am planning is with two girlfriends from grade school!

I think if you are in a Book Club and are wondering what sort of theme you should have for the year... think about getting You Go Girl Paris, read several of the book recommendations and then head off en masse for a trip detailed for you by Ms. Chesley and Ms. Boline. It sounds absolutely fabulous.

I purchased this book because I thought it would give some insider tips on things to do/see that would be of interest to women. Unfortunately, it is basically a generic guidebook, that doesn't say anything new. It does have good info on what to see in the museums and divides it into where things are located, but you can get this from just about any other guidebook. The book looks like it was printed from someone's home computer, there are quite a few typos and the few pictures that are included are in black and white.

I was very disappointed, and wished I had spent the money on a different book. I will not be taking this book with me when I travel to Paris.

I traveled to Paris with a group of girlfriends in early November and we absolutely loved this guide. We felt we would have missed so much without it. We all had read some of their book recommendations on Marie Antoinette and Josephine Bonaparte, beforehand which made all the difference for us. It helped us understand some of the history of France so we didn't feel so touristy when we visited the sights. We had many "aha" moments as we looked at many of the work displayed in the museums as we remembered what we had read.

All of the major sites are covered, plus many off the beaten path which we enjoyed and would not have known about without this book. We can't wait to go back!

This book did not help me at all in planing my trip to Paris... I ended up having to buy a different book...