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Paris & Around
Paris has all but exhausted the superlatives that can reasonably be applied to any
city. Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Seine - at sunrise, sunset, at night - and Left
Bank-Right Bank differences have been described countless times. But what writers
haven't quite captured is the grandness and magic of simply strolling the city's broad
avenues past impressive public buildings and exceptional museums to parks, gar-
dens and esplanades.
With more famous landmarks than any other city, the French capital evokes all sorts
of expectations: of grand vistas, of intellectuals discussing weighty matters in cafés,
of Seine-side romance, of naughty nightclub revues. Look hard enough and you'll
find them all. Or set aside those preconceptions of Paris and explore the city's aven-
ues and backstreets as though the tip of the Eiffel Tower or the spire of Notre Dame
weren't about to pop into view at any moment.
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