Paris--When it Sizzles

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Paris--When it Sizzles

It’s summertime in Paris. Parisians are out, enjoying the freedom and the fun. Paris is a summertime kind of city. Markets are brimming with dazzling fruits and vegetables. Fish and fowl are plentiful. Cheese and wine are on the menu. People are soaking up the rays. Kids are playing in the sunshine. And a stroll—or a kiss—by the Seine anytime day or night is sublime.

Tourists of course flock to Paris in the summer. But what are Parisians doing? Here’s a look.

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French Love: “I’ll be a poet, and you’ll be poetry.”

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French Love: “I’ll be a poet, and you’ll be poetry.”

Passion and romance are inextricably linked in the French concept of amour. It is everywhere in France. And when I’ve been wandering around Paris alone, I even get a few appreciative glances myself (just like the woman behind me; French men are equal-opportunity flirts)!

French men ARE flirtatious. But to the French, it’s all in good fun.

Sex without romance would be considered gauche. But sometimes the French have a unique way of conducting “flirtation.”

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