tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post462343138514789404..comments2023-10-22T03:07:32.340-05:00Comments on Pulp Friction: Karen Zipdrivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394557801356007952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-65146451964663300472010-09-28T05:26:57.275-05:002010-09-28T05:26:57.275-05:00Oh, the side streets, the cafes, the bondage shops...Oh, the side streets, the cafes, the bondage shops... I think to really find any city, a wander down the side streets, a stroll through neighborhoods is the way to do it.<br /><br />Your words do Paris a great justice.<br /><br />Hobbblestone... hee hee!Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-66690142906265544682010-09-27T18:21:16.117-05:002010-09-27T18:21:16.117-05:00I found Pont Neuf not so threatening, but in the p...I found Pont Neuf not so threatening, but in the particularly crowded and filthy metro guts of the 1st Arrondissment I wanted to put everything I owned down my pants lest they be pinched.<br />I was as cautious as I am in any large city, but only that one metro cavern scared me into hypervigillance.Karen Zipdrivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394557801356007952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-22965791521866901022010-09-27T11:55:58.947-05:002010-09-27T11:55:58.947-05:00Did you get pick pocketed on the Pont Neuf?Did you get pick pocketed on the Pont Neuf?Lulu Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100523351881499282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3207551.post-62410185024598652392010-09-27T08:45:31.847-05:002010-09-27T08:45:31.847-05:00the must: Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Palais du Luxem...the must: Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Palais du Luxembourg, Arc de Triomphe & avenue Montaigne, Champs Elysées, Musée d'Orsay, Montmartre & sacré Coeur, Louvre<br /><br />A little bit less crowded, once you have seen the above: Musée d'Orsay, Père Lachaise cemetery, 4th arrondissement ("Le Marais", the gay Paris) & Place des Vosges, the REAL Saint Germain des Prés (around the St Sulpice's church), Beaubourg (Centre Pompidou), Opera Garnier, Chateau de Vincennes<br /><br />If you want to feel like a real Parisian, (after the 2nd trip !): Parc des Buttes Chaumont, streets around place de la Bastille & place de la Nation (Bastille is still full of tourists though but also lots of bars in the area)<br /><br />And last, if you want to do stuff only tourists do: Moulin Rougeherissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340261014515478093noreply@blogger.com