Beautiful boulevards around the world to wander around

Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston was all covered in snow earlier this year. Photo: AFP

When my architect friend Westley visits Paris, he doesn’t dawdle in the Louvre or climb the Eiffel Tower. Instead, he goes for a stroll along some boulevards.

“I want to experience the city like the locals do,” he once told me. “The idea of crowding around the Mona Lisa with a scrum of tourists just doesn’t interest me.”