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Image 1: Picture of Eiffel Tower

Paris isn’t anything if not romantic. During my first weekend in Paris, I took a walk from our apartment in the 15th arrondissement to the Seine, Champs de Mars, and Eiffel Tower. At every corner, the breathtaking architecture, aroma, and culture was inspiring and captivating. I was intrigued by the fact that over centuries social definitions of beauty for people have changed, yet French architects had created buildings whose beauty was unbowed by time. The striking fact that I was attributing beauty to an inanimate object surprised me as well. Later, I stumbled across an article that talked about the Neuroscience of Architecture and how characteristics of buildings stimulated pleasure receptors in our brain. It really is possible to fall in love with a city!

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