A trip by Maya Chen

Paris and Rome, finally

3–12 Oct 2025 · France, Italy

10 days3 stops2 countries1,132 km

Ten days, two cities, nineteen miles a day on my step counter. First time in Europe since college.

Day 1 3 Oct
1

Paris 🇫🇷

France · 4 nights

Stayed in the 11th. Croissant research was extensive.
Day 3 5 Oct
2

Versailles 🇫🇷

France

Hall of Mirrors at nine, then the gardens by rented bike.
Day 5 7 Oct
3

Rome 🇮🇹

Italy · 5 nights

An apartment in Monti. Pasta twice a day, no regrets.

4 Oct

Musée d'Orsay 🇫🇷Paris, France
The clock window over the Seine. Could stand here all day.
4 Oct

Trocadéro 🇫🇷Paris, France
It sparkles on the hour. I clapped. Everyone clapped.
8 Oct

Colosseum 🇮🇹Rome, Italy
Underground tour first thing. The lifts they used for the animals 🤯
9 Oct

Da Enzo al 29 🇮🇹Rome, Italy
Trastevere. Cacio e pepe that ruined all other pasta for me. Forty-minute wait, zero complaints.
10 Oct

Trevi Fountain 🇮🇹Rome, Italy
7am is the move. Twenty people instead of two thousand.
21 Oct

Paris for a first-timer who read too many lists1 min read
What actually mattered, out of the forty things I saved.

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