“Bonnie” flew into Paris for business. She went to a Starbucks and set down her iPhone. Someone came up to her with a piece of paper. When “Estelle” looked at …
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Life in Paris & France
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This holiday season, my earmuffs are keeping someone else warm. They fell off my sleeve between the chocolate store and the brasserie across the street from the shop. We left …
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The Lost and Found department of the Paris police department is one of the oldest in the world, over two hundred years old. The history of Paris’ objets trouvés in French is …
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A college class in statistics can be fun or not. Everyday statistics about Paris are very interesting and colorful. The Paris Tourist Office released its key figures or statistics about …
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A variety of toilets await you in Paris ranging from the free automatic cleaning type, a luxurious designer pay toilet worth the 1.50 euro price, or your standard. In the …
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Voting in France on Sundays is very civilized, democratic and easy. The procedure seems a bit provincial. This feeling of being in the countryside is special in the big city …
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This article is no longer being updated. Through the grapevine I hear that Paris is an open-air museum. True in some respects, but it is a living open-air museum for …
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Credit Cards and Banking Pay as you go Credit Cards A pay as you go credit card is available through Travelex. “Bob” used the Travelex Passport (.73026 EU to $1 US) and was …
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The Case of lost and found in Paris (Objets trouvés) Barbara wrote: “I left my bag on the bus with the kid’s stuffed animals and toys. I called the RATP …