The Parisian people love their cafe' shops with all the fresh breads and baked goods. A good share of them seem to smoke, they have lots of dogs...some 300,000 dogs in Paris so you do have to watch where you step! Major form of transportation is the bus, metro, and train. I don't think I would ever want to drive here since it doesn't seem like driver's follow any rules. You have to also be careful crossing the street since the cars don't seem to slow down for pedestrians. The metro is busy most times of the day, but especially the after work group. Lots of flower shops with their fresh flowes sitting outside the store and I love the smells when I walk by them. You will also find fresh cheese shops and lots of fresh vegetables and fruits and they all look so fresh and good and they are!
Brief Paris History:
2000 B.C. The Parisii tribe founded the settlement of Lutetia alongside the Seine.
52 B.C. Julius Caesar conquers Lutetia during the Gallic wars.
300 Lutetia is renamed Paris. Roman power begins to weaken in France.
1429 Joan of Arc tries to regain Paris for the French; she is later burned at the stake by the English in Rouen.
1804 Napoleon declares France an empire and is crowned emperor at Nortre-Dame
1914-18 World War I rips apart Europe. Millions aree killed in the trenches of northeast France.
1940 German troops occupy France during World War II.
1944 U.S. troops liberate Paris; de Gaulle returns in triump.
2002 The euro replaces the franc as Franace's national currency.
2003-04 Frenchy opposition to the war in Iraq causes the largest diplomatic rift with America in decades.
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy replaces Jacques Chirac as president of France.
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