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Introduction (by David)   Is it really necessary to introduce Paris? Not really... City of Lights, most romantic place in the world, etc, etc...

It's all true.

However, there's one thing that bothers me when I hear a lot of foreigners talking about Paris or even when I see them in the streets of the city. This thing, is that they don't seem to dare to venture from the 4 or 5 major tourist spots we all know (Eiffel Tower, Latin Quarter, Champs-Elysées, Montmartre, the Louvre, etc.).

Paris is a city that has more than 2 million people in it (about 10 millions with the suburbs). In other words, there are many many more things to see than just these spots. Of course, these spots are amazing, but they are not what constitute the city, they're just what constitute the clichés about the city.

All the clichés! For example, you all know (or have heard) that Parisians are mean, that the city is very expensive, and even if it's true that Parisians don't rank among the nicest French people (oh, another cliché, Paris is France, and France is Paris, right? Wrong... Paris, is just a tiny tiny, unrepresentative part of France, but that's another story) and that Paris is not the cheapest place, if you venture away from the tourist hotspots, you'll discover among amazing other things nice Parisians and cheap places.

Just give it a try.

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