Bonjour (or bonsoir - whichever applies), OK, well maybe I'll stay here (instead of the Cotswolds)!! We've spent 8 full days here, and there is still more we would have liked to see. Our apartment (in Rue Rambuteau) is in a perfect position. We are about 30m from the Rambuteau Metro station and the Pompidou. The street is full of fruitiers, cafes, small general stores, poissonneries (fish), patisseries, boucheries (butchers), and boulangeries (bakeries). The courtyard in front of the Pompidou is alive with buskers and homeless people! Just beyond that is the Marais shopping district including Les Halles. It is also not far to walk to Notre Dame and the river. We've had a fabulous time. I must say, though, that the French are disgustingly slim. Most of the overweight people are tourists (you can
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