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Favorite Thing: The city of Paris may look enormous and chaotic, but there really is a lot of structure to be found. The easiest way to find your position always is to look for the Eiffel Tower, but it can also be useful to pay attention to the so called “arrondissements”. These arrondissements (litterly: go-aroundings) have number from 1-20, that are visible on every nameplate of the streets in Paris. The structure starts at the Louvre with the 1st arrondissement. From there the number go round and round like a snail, ending with the 20th arrondissement in the neighbourhood of Père Lachaise. The arrondissements only divide the area inside the major ringway around Paris, the Periferique. Every arrondissement also is divided in four quarters. So Paris has 80 quarters in total inside its Periferique.
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General Tips: Plane trees
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Favorite Thing: The picture is not a close-up of an army-uniform, it is the bark of the Plane trees you see everywhere in France, and also in Paris. This Plane tree, or Platanus x acerifolia as its Latin name is, is a perfect tree for parks and along streets, because it is very strong and doesn't need much space for its roots. In many places in Paris you see these trees: the Champs Elysées, Place des Vosges, Jardin des Plantes, even La Défense. Often their leaves pruned into perfect square or round shapes to create the most romantic places. The thing I like most about this tree though, is its bark. I call it the "jigsaw-puzzle-tree" because that is exactly what it looks like.
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Nemorino Mon May 11, 2009 10:28 UTC
I enjoyed reading your first thirty tips on this addictive city -- I'll be back some other time for more. | hunterV Tue Apr 14, 2009 17:45 UTC
This city would be my favorite destination too, I'm sure... | rt8 Fri Nov 14, 2008 23:26 UTC
The plan of getting off at the next stop was what we used on our French exchange trip. Luckily we never used it! | sylina Wed Sep 3, 2008 04:05 UTC
Really informative & helpful page wid wonderful pix! I took a lot of note from it. Will be in Paris soon. Love d pic of Notre Dame through apple tree. Will try to find d scene. Thanks for sharing! Btw, we got a lot of jigsaw-puzzle-trees over here. :)) |
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