
"For any pair of sweethearts to visit Paris without declaring their undying love from the top of the Eiffel Tower is a sin not to be forgiven. To stride through the district of Montmarte which is renowned for its white-domed Basilica of the Sacre Coeur on its summit and not mar at its awesome achitecture or to walk in the footsteps of famous artists such as Salvador Dali, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh without sensing that you tread on the cultural moulds of history is to deliberately bar oneself from knowing sheer bliss or ever entering the Gates of Heaven. I love Paris; particularly in the autumn. It is the place to be when one is in love; the place where love can be purchased in any cafe or on any corner along the Champs-Elysees by any seeker of it for no higher outlay than that of a wayward glance." William Forde: November 4th, 2014.