The Paris Traveler

As the summer winds down (although it wasn’t much of a summer weather wise) after the 15th of August Parisians begin to return home for the start of the new school year and a return to the workplace, which the French call, la Rentrée. Paris little by little begins to bustle once again with activity and people everywhere, looking tanned and healthy, are still somewhat in holiday mode. Not for long, however, just as the beautiful bronze color hue begins to fade, reality sets in that the leisurely days of summer are fading just as fast!
A few days are left …read more

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If you’ve ever been to Paris, then you already know that traffic is a madhouse most of the time here, unless of course you come in August. August just happens to be the quietest month of the year due to the fact that many companies and businesses close down at this time and therefore the employees take their yearly one month paid summer vacation.
Times have changed and things aren’t so drastic as in the past when Paris would become a virtual ghost town except for the millions of tourists in the city. In any case, if you’ve been thinking of …read more

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