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Real Name: Al and Mary
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Paris, France

by al_mary - last update: Feb 8, 2006

A City Filled With History


Paris intrigues, astonishes, provokes, overwhelms, and ultimately
gets under your skin. The City of Light is the apex of architectural
beauty, artistic expression, and culinary delight, and it knows it.
As drop-dead arrogant as the Arc de Triomphe, as disarmingly
quaint as a lace-curtain bistro, it seduces newcomers with a
Latin-lover style, and its subtle siren song invites exploration ....

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Most Attractions Walkable


Paris is a city of vast, noble perspectives and intimate,
ramshackle streets, of formal espaces verts, green open
spaces, and of quiet squares. This combination of the
pompous and the private is one of the secrets of its
perennial pull. Another is its size. Paris is relatively
small as capitals go, with distances between many
of its major sights and museums invariably walkable.

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Historical & Interesting


You can stand on the rue du Faubourg St-Honore
at the very spot Edmond Rostand set Ragueneau's
pastry shop in Cyrano de Bergerac. You can read
the letters of Madame de Sevigne in her actual hotel
particulier, or private mansion, now the Musee Carnavalet.

You can breathe in the fumes of hubris before the
extravagant onyx tomb Napoleon designed for himself.
You can gaze through the gates at the school where
Voltaire honed his wit and lay a garland on Oscar Wilde's
grave at Pere Lachaise.

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Pros:"A Great City To Explore"
In A Nutshell:"So Much To Do - Return Trip Suggested"
al_mary's Paris Travel Tips

OverviewThings to Do
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RestaurantsHotels & Accommodations
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NightlifeOff The Beaten Path
 
Tourist TrapsWarnings Or Dangers
 
Transportation
Tips: 1 - Photos: 1
Local Customs
 
Packing ListsShopping
 
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Comments for al_mary about Paris
Nemorino Sun Oct 1, 2006 01:38 UTC
 Glad you found so many places to explore in Paris. I was there last June for ten days, and had a great time.

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