Paris, France

Paris is a beautiful city, and I love visiting there.  The last time I was there, I was with my husband on one of his business trips, so I was on my own during the day while he was working.  One day I had bought a walking tour that was to meet in front of the Ritz Carlton at 9 a.m.  I had my city map and took the subway to the nearest stop.  I was pretty certain I had figured out how to get there, but I took a couple of wrong turns.   My challenge was that even with my map, when I would stop and ask people how to get there, they only spoke French and I only spoke English.  Even a doorman at one of the nice hotels did not speak English, so I ended up missing my walking tour.  I eventually found where I was supposed to be -- only two hours later.  It was part of the adventure and along the way I discovered many beautiful parts of the city I probably would not have seen.