"PARIS the lights city" Paris by Marionbcn

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Paris, my second home

Cause of my job, i go to Paris at least once per week, and i do reckon at the begin i didnt like the city at all, but after beeing there for more than 30 times i get used to the way the people are and the way the city is. The centre is lovely, all the way to the louvre, the champs elysses towards arc de trimof....a unique place.

History of Paris

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Paris , city (1999 pop. 2,115,757; metropolitan area est. pop. 11,000,000), N central France, capital of the country, on the Seine River. It is the commercial and industrial focus of France and a cultural and intellectual center of international renown. The city possesses an indefinable unity of atmosphere that has fascinated writers, poets, and painters for centuries. Paris is sometimes called the City of Light in tribute to its intellectual preeminence as well as to its beautiful appearance.

Paris is the center of many major newspapers and periodicals, as well as all the major French radio and television stations. Elegant stores and hotels, lavish nightclubs, theaters, and gourmet restaurants help make tourism the biggest industry in Paris. Other leading industries manufacture luxury articles, high-fashion clothing, perfume, and jewelry. Heavy industry, notably automobile manufacture, is located in the suburbs. About one quarter of the French labor force is concentrated in the Paris area.

Last visit to Paris: Mar 2004
Intro Written Mar 7, 2004
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Hotel the ville Things to Do (6)

Im sure is the most beautiful council in the world, i love it, specially in Winter when you can ice sky there. more travel advice

les invalides Things to Do (6)

Invalides includes museè des armes which was very interesting, and the Napoleon thomb. more travel advice

le louvre Things to Do (6)

I have been twice to the louvre and i love it, i love all the paintings and scultpures inside, specially the ancient... more travel advice

Notre dame de Paris! Things to Do (6)

Notre Dame de Paris, more than seven hundred years old, is only the most recent of holy houses to occupy this ancient... more travel advice

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Paolo-Italy Sep 19, 2003 at 6:30 AM

Friendly and frankly: i agree with you for La Bastille Market. Not at all for the choises in "restaurants" and £nightlife" ... Marion! Is really that the choice of restaurant and nightlife in Paris??? ;-)
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Imbi Apr 27, 2003 at 3:50 AM

it is good bargain in La Bastille market all year round. very helpful start.