Paris, Je t'aime!

I'm in Paris, and it's just a great city. Here's why:

Metro
It's extensive, cheap, and reliable. Clean. The signs for various exits in the stations not only tell you what street you'll be exiting on, but what sites are around there. These signs are not only at the exits themselves but on the track platform as well.

RER
It's a suburban transit line, with stops all over the city! Not only does it link easily with the Metro, but it can stand on its own as an inner-city mode of transit.

Wide Boulevards, Narrow Sidestreets
There's nothing like walking down a wide boulevard, packed with people, then veering off onto a little sidestreet where you walk down the middle and no one else is there. If you ever get claustraphobic, just hop back onto a boulevard.

Food Shopping
They have this down. Every neighborhood has its market several times a week, plus there are specialty stores, such as the row around the corner from my hotel in Place Maubert Mutualité. There's the boulanger/patissier for breads and pasteries, the cremerie for cheese, the boucherie for meats, a fishmonger, a green grocer, and a wine store. And they're all great quality, great prices.

And more, of course, including the sites, the restaurants, but that's what I've been enjoying this trip. Paris of course has its flaws, but for my 5 nights here, I'm content just thinking about what makes it great.