La ville lumière
by CliffClaven
Like all great cities, Paris is hard to write about. Most people have an image or an impression of the 'ville lumière' - the city of light - on the banks of the Seine. Old Cliffie was lucky enough to study there for a while, and he has visited the city many times over the years. The Parisians, like New Yorkers, suffer from an unfair reputation for being curt and abrasive. But you'll find that things can be quite different if you relax a little and can speak some French. And the best way of relaxing is to take a seat at one of the famous pavement cafés and linger over a drink as the world walks by.
Medieval Fortifications
by mrclay2000
Military and architectural students will obviously find much to marvel and amaze in Paris. Paris itself has a small number of medieval castles, which is nothing more than a fortified palace. Defensive techniques that improved over the centuries can be found in cross-like eyelets used by archers, chutes used to pour pitch and fuels on attackers below, and rampart and battlement design that allowed maximum defensive posturing while limiting angles of assault from below.
Dress properly!
by cinthya_in_victoria
To be a tourist doesn't mean you go in tennis shoes to Paris! This is the capital of fashion so, dress properly, even though if you just go grocery shopping. With some jeans, a scarf and a nice hat you're in!
I love being here during the month of August
by cochinjew
But let me tell you, there are normally five bakeries open near the house, this morning had to walk a km to another suburb nearly to get a baguette. no point in looking for a pharmacy, most of the pharmacies are also closed. there is a blissful quietness in Paris.. and it is divine..
OLD MEETS NEW
by bryINpoland
BY FAR THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT PARIS. RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE LANDMARK ON RUE D'ARCOLE WE FOUND AN ENTERTAINING SHOW PUT ON BY SOME STREET ROLLER BLADERS. THEY WERE AMAZING BUT I JUST FOUND IT NEAT TO THINK ABOUT THE AREA AND HOW IT WAS MAYBE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND HOW IT IS NOW. IT WAS JUST AN AWESOME BACK DROP FOR THE ROLLER BLADERS TO PERFORM ON.
IF U GET A CHANCE, THERE ARE ALWAYS STREET PERFORMERS PERFORMING ON THE ROAD THAT RUNS RIGHT INFRONT ON THE CATHEDRAL.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RATE THIS TIP, OR ANY OF MY OTHER TIPS. I AM ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THEM. THANK U...
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Dame à la Licorne: hearing
Don't mind if I Pompidou!
Hotel de Cluny
the chapel
