Description
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Language: French 🇫🇷
Age group: Clearly for adults, and specifically for adults with a good level of French.
Dominique Foufelle
Illustration: Valerie Leblanc
Publisher: Biblioteque Louis Hachette
I haven’t been to Paris for 30 years and my most vivid memory was that the elevator of the Eiffel Tower briefly broke down. I ended up staying up there for 3 hours, while the temperature on the ground was -8°C. An unforgettable experience along with some equally unforgettable complaining.
It wasn’t back then that I bought this guide to Paris. I found it in the small shop at La Pedrera in Barcelona, while I was looking for guides about Antoni Gaudí. But as soon as I held this little book with its fabric cover and started turning the pages, I felt the need to dust off my French.
Sometimes it feels like I am buying the idea of what I would like to do, rather than what I will actually do. Either way, it made me feel a little more French.
The book describes characteristic spots in the city, or at least that’s what I understood from my rusty French. Luckily, there is always a beautiful illustration next to each entry, so you can be sure what it refers to.
I promised myself, and the girls, that once I remember my French and read the whole guide, we will book tickets to Paris.
A bientôt
