The Parisians
by mvtouring
Weird people these Parisians, they walk around with an air of grace and nose in the air attitude that makes you either love them or hate them. Do not address them in English or German they will just ignore you and thereby infuriate you so that they can claim that we are commoners with no manners. Despite all of this, I had lots of fun in this city watching the Parisians sipping for a full afternoon on one glass of wine accompanied by a glass of water, watching the world go by.
We did however find these two raising a glass to us, although they did not understand us or us them.
The Arrondissements
by Pieter11
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.
Paris Tip
by will-care
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Guillaume Fils (meaning Bill Jr.) communing with the native
Parisians. At this market, the nectarines are just too juicy to pass by.
Bastille Day celebration
by Dee22
If you are in Paris around July 14th, you can miss the Bastille Day parade going on in the center city. Most people will be going to Champs-Elysees early on to be ready for the start of the parade, but you can also choose to take a stand somewhere at the route following Champs-Elysees, to get a view of the marching military-corps, policemen, firefigthers or maybe even the president.
There will be massive crowds in the streets, and most of the center city will be guarded with fences, so it's hard to get around in town this day. In top of that, all the metro stations are closed, as it's a national day.
In the evening there will be a huge firework-show near the Eiffel Tower...didn't get to see that in 2003 though, as I were sitting in a bar :0) - but it should be very beautiful!
Packing List
by urchinn
If you are going into the Notre Dame, remember to respect the premises and dress conservatively. No sleeveless t-shirts allowed, not even in summer.
That said, there are probably some t-shirt vendors outside ( and everywhere there are tourists ) so if you are caught unawares, worry not for quick and fast solutions are nearby~ if you buy a lot of tees, the friendly vendor will even throw in a bunch of Eiffel keychains free :)
step in and be awed by the amazing architecture!
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Jardin de Luxembourg
Virgin with Child between two angels
the square
Original 17th century headpiece.
