“There are two kinds of travelers. There is the kind who goes to see what there is to see, and the kind who has an image in his head and goes out to accomplish it. The first visitor has an easier time, but I think the second visitor sees more.”
— Adam Gopnik (Paris to the Moon)
This is from author Adam Gopnik’s original and fresh take on the American living in Paris in the late 20th century. I read this lovely book before leaving for Paris—a city overflowing with opportunity, history, charm, and maybe, just maybe…love. While Gopnik left New York City as a travel writer for the ‘New Yorker’ newspaper, corresponding with a multitude of Americans a sea away, about his new life with his wife and two children—I found myself at the dinner table…