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For tourists all over the worldr, Paris would be the most beautiful city in the world… if it weren’t for the Parisians! But since Parisians make Paris what it is, you must learn to get to know them, despite their legendary sense of inhospitality. You see, dear readers, the Parisians are not unpleasant by nature; they are just egotistical: they want to keep their city for themselves.
Parisians are too proud to want to abdicate their place, even if acting as host is the very essence of Paris, much of whose glory lies in the foreigners and regionals whose talents have grown to their full measure within the city’s walls.True Parisians often hail from afar, and as the famous saying goes: “It is not enough to be in Paris, you must be Paris!” Ah yes, but the road is long and the pitfalls many. But for you, our readers who are passing through, you will soon discover that Paris is a feminine city whose seductive powers mask a sensitive soul, waiting to succumb to your charms.

It is impossible to be bored in Paris, the perfect antidote for spleen, for solitude. Take a short walk in any neighbourhood, watch the people and places along the way, the monuments and boutiques, enter one of those temples of popular culture the French call bistrots, or brasseries. Paris is the city that thinks that it develops, discovers, creates, launches and forgets things faster than anywhere else…Writing about Paris is akin to the uphill struggles of Sisyphus: once the work is done, you must start all over again to capture the fleeting present tense. At the editorial desk of Paris Capitale, we have been trying to do just that and share this ephemeral knowledge with our readers for 15 years.

This issue of Paris Capitale is like all the others: filled with a slightly heady feeling that piques your curiosity. You will find page after page of articles to feed your love or your affection for Paris. And, you may not know this, there are two ways to prolong the effects of these feelings: subscribe to Paris Capitale to follow the city’s news as it unfolds every month or visit our internet site: www.pariscapitale.com. In so doing, you weave the web that stands the test of time.

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