REASONS THAT PARIS IS AN AMAZING AND INTERESTING CITY
Added on: 26th Aug 2016
DURING WORLD WAR I, THE FRENCH BUILT A
"FAKE PARIS" TO FOOL THE GERMANS
JIM HAYNES IS A MAN WHO LIVES IN PARIS AND EVERY
SUNDAY HE INVITES UP TO 60 STRANGERS TO HIS
FLAT FOR DINNER. YOU CAN SIGN UP ON HIS
WEBSITE (IN THE SOURCE)
Source: jim-haynes.com, Image: pixabay
PARIS HAS A COUNTERFEIT MUSEUM WHERE THE BEST
FAKES OF VARIOUS ITEMS ARE DISPLAYED
UNDER THE NAZIS, PICASSO SMUGGLED BRONZE
INTO PARIS SO THAT HE COULD CONTINUE WITH HIS ART
LE CHABANAIS IS A BROTHEL THAT KING EDWARD VII
WAS OFTEN SEEN AT. HE ALLEGEDLY FILLED
BATHTUBS WITH CHAMPAGNE AND THEN TOOK
BATHS WITH THE PROSTITUTES
KING EDWARD'S BATHTUB WAS EVENTUALLY GIVEN
TO SALVADOR DALI IN THE 1950’S
KEEPING WITH THE MOTTO "ONLY PARIS IS WORTHY
OF ROME AND ONLY ROME IS WORTHY OF PARIS",
BOTH PARIS AND ROME ARE EXCLUSIVE SISTER
CITIES. THIS MEANS THAT NEITHER CITY WILL
PARTNER WITH ANYBODY ELSE
FOR 70 YEARS THE RENT WAS PAID ON A LOCKED AND
UNOCCUPIED APARTMENT IN PARIS. WHEN THE
OWNER DIED, A 2 MILLION EURO PAINTING
WAS FOUND INSIDE
THE FAMOUS FRENCH WRITER, GUY DE MAUPASSANT,
WOULD ALWAYS EAT HIS LUNCH DIRECTLY BENEATH
THE EIFFEL TOWER. BECAUSE HE HATED THE TOWER
SO MUCH, THIS WAS THE ONLY PLACE HE COULD
EAT WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT IT
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