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The Bohemian Life in Paris: When Opera reflects reality

Long before reality TV, there was opera, that is, there was La Bohème. Shown for the first time in Turin, Italy in 1896, Puccini’s successful opera’s plot (or libretto) was based on Henri Murger’s semi-autobiographical account of living as a ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  20 Jan 2008

Paris Mayor Offers 100,000 ‘pocket’ ashtrays

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From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  19 Jan 2008

$503 Roundtrip - Boston to Paris, Snag it Today!

Icelandair still does its inexpensive flights to Paris - of course with a stop in Iceland’s capital - but why not a layover in this winter wonderland? This was the best round-trip I found without the benefit of any ‘cheapest airfare searchers’. When I ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  19 Jan 2008

Election Fever in March: Let the Race Begin

This year March (2008) is bound to roar in like a lion, at least on the political front because Paris is up for grabs. Throughout France towns and villages will be electing their mayors, and who would not want to be mayor of Paris - or at least one of ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  18 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Nicolas Sarkozy

City Bonus Paris Restaurants offer a Free Cocktail!

With the the awful exchange rate between dollars and Euros, you may need a drink! How nice that some Paris restaurants are offering a complimentary cocktail if you present your ‘City Bonus check’. Note the expiration date varies for the restaurants ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  17 Jan 2008

February in Paris

Come in out of the cold! February may be cold and drizzly in Paris, but what better place to cuddle, curled up in the crisp sheets of a Paris hotel, bed and breakfast, or apartment? Outside, the skies may be gray and gloomy, but during the winter ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  17 Jan 2008
Related Topics: University of Notre Dame

I promise to remain faithful - to my Paris Hotel

“But I prefer polygamy and polyandry.” IHT, Jan 14′2008 Hmmm. That’s an eye-catching quote, especially when attributed to Carla Bruni, who might soon be France’s new First Lady (if she isnt’ already). Fidelity is a fuzzy topic in France except when it ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  16 Jan 2008

Euro Sense: When and Where to Buy Euros?

How low can the dollar go? I wish I could bling my magic wand and tell you that by summertime the dollar will soar like an eagle, but sadly, I have no such promises for you. Remember this is reality - here and now in January, 2008 - not reality TV. I ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  15 Jan 2008

How Parisians Stay Thin

You would think with the vast number of bakeries, candy shops and specialty foods that the average Parisian would be hefty, but the typical Parisian is trim. Want to know some of their secrets? If you guessed ’stress and cigarettes’, then I know ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  14 Jan 2008

Paris’s Mayor Proposes ‘Autolib’

The City of Paris’s bike rental program called ‘Velib’ has met with such resounding success that Paris’s mayor Bertrand Delanoe has proposed a comparable short term car rental service called ‘Autolib’. ‘Autolib’ would put app. 2000 cars into play. ...

From CARD FULLER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  13 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Nicolas Sarkozy

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