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Beggars / Aggressive Vendors: Beware of Buskers!
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  • Written by KirstenL4W on Aug 25, 2002
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  • Watch out for buskers and beggars on the Metro. It seems Paris has no restrictions on this (or at least poorly enforced) and nearly every train I was on had a busker. Some are creative but others just go along the aisle with their hands out. There was one who put on a particularly entertaining show with puppets, so I gave him money but in general you will give out a lot of money really fast if you dont watch out.

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  • Updated by KirstenL4W on Aug 24, 2003
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  • Watch out for Parisian drivers! I lived in Massachusetts and visit New Jersey on a regular basis, so I thought I had the bad driving thing down, but in Paris they seem to be on a mission to run down pedestrians (or at least kill them by heart attack). Even when pedestrians have a green light and drivers have a red, use extreme caution because the drivers can turn right on red, and they are very adept at using their horns to clear the road. Never ever cross against the signal and always use pedestrian subways when available.

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    Comments for KirstenL4W about Paris
    Narviking Thu May 29, 2003 13:41 UTC
     Good tips on Paris. Happy birthday to you !
    globetrott Mon Feb 18, 2002 04:43 UTC
     an interesting page & great pics !
    o00o Thu Jan 31, 2002 14:52 UTC
     Wonderful page!
    hayward68 Thu Jan 3, 2002 04:21 UTC
     Excellent tips Kirsten!
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