Reply #75: You bring back great memories. All of France is wonderful but

[yy4me]

there is something about the restaurants in Paris that sets them apart. Maybe it is just great food combined with great people watching. Waiters have manners, a rushed meal is about 2 hours(hard for us eat & run Americans) We had to learn to slow down and eat later in Europe. Sometimes a little hard when you ate only breakfast and spent the days seeing the wonders of Europe.

I found much the same in Belgium. Courteous waiters, unrushed meals, great food. I only wish I liked mussels. Everyone orders them and they come in a huge bowl with frites on the side.

Some day if I can, I'd love to go back to Europe. It would be hard to find an area I didn't think was fantastic.
Except Luxembourg city. Lovely but too expensive by far.

Thanks for your great commentary.