1. Adorable boys with cute hats are always hanging out

2. It’s just a train ride away from Versailles

3. Wine is really cheap. Like, reallllly cheap.

4. There is cheese every five seconds (also really cheap)

5. Capoeira dancers are always performing crazy dance moves

6. You can drink wine in the park

7. Biggest no-brainer: The Eiffel Tower!

8. There’s a creepy 200-mile underground Ossuary running through the entire city

9. Interesting graffiti like this cat

10. Bastille Day celebrations

11. There’s never NOT people performing music on the streets

12. The pigeons are actually pretty nice

13. Parisians are well-educated on US geography

14. Once you get over the scary gargoyles everywhere, they actually become kind of cute

15. Bathroom access equality for all!

16. VERY important ancient relics displayed at the Louvre

17. Transportation on the Metro is super easy

18. The Seine at night is spectacular

19. Everybody rides cool motorbikes

20. Le Tour de France (duh)

21. Crazy art museums everywhere like The Centre Pompidou

22. They know when advertisements are being sexist

23. They’re all about the underground rap scene

24. It’s where Napolean’s tomb is

25. And…come on: the VIEW!

(all photos taken by Kaitlin Duffy)