REASONS THAT PARIS IS AN AMAZING AND INTERESTING CITY

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