The Paris Traveler

….and now you do again! It’s like a magical ferris wheel doing a disappearing and reappearing act these past few years! The big wheel as many call it was built for the millennium celebrations in 1999 and was suppose to stay at the Place de la Concorde for only a year. That one year turned into two and was cause for much controversy when the owner Marcel Campion refused a judge’s order to have the wheel taken down.
When the wheel was finally dismantled, many celebrated and many were disappointed. No surprise, Parisians have done this with almost all its famous …read more

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The Travel Channel at b5media has another theme day. Our mission:  write your best article on, or about, the best of something.  Well when you’re talking about Paris, trying to pick the best of anything is like asking a parent, “Which child do you love best?”
Impossible to answer, right?! As any well-adjusted parent will tell you, they “love all their children equally.” If push comes to shove, they might say one is better at sports, while another is better at music, but all in all, their children (in their eyes) are the greatest!  Who’s to argue?!
Well this assignment is very similar. Can you …read more

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I never noticed how helpful and friendly Paris and Parisians are to the physically diabled. I guess it’s just something you don’t notice until you, or someone you’re with, is in need of special attention. That was the case when my mom decided to see Paris for the second time in her life.
For some reason, neither my mom nor I can understand why she only came once to visit me in all the years I’ve lived in Paris. I suppose after the death of my dad, she spent her time raising my younger brothers and sister. In any case, the …read more

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