In winter, when all its trees are without leaf,Le Jardin du Luxembourg becomes transparent.
Both garden and palace, far from falling asleep,
Cast stark silhouettes, in bold embrace of winter.
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A PREVIEW OF THE CITY OF LIGHT
PARIS TRAVEL LINKS
A Preview of Paris
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Paris has become simply awful - a kind of earthquake of motorcars, buses, trams, trucks, taxis and other howling and swooping and colliding engines (1922).
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
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Rest? With all eternity before me?
Sara Bernhardt (actress b. 1844, Paris)
Sarah Bernhardt (b. 1844 in Paris)
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With well over 25 million visitors a year, Paris is the most popular tourist destination in the world.
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16,000 restaurants and cafés in Paris have a license to serve food and drink from the sidewalk.
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Paris has become simply awful - a kind of earthquake of motorcars, buses, trams, trucks, taxis and other howling and swooping and colliding engines (1922).
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
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Rest? With all eternity before me?
Sara Bernhardt (actress b. 1844, Paris)
Sarah Bernhardt (b. 1844 in Paris)
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With well over 25 million visitors a year, Paris is the most popular tourist destination in the world.
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16,000 restaurants and cafés in Paris have a license to serve food and drink from the sidewalk.
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