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Originally Posted by jyl
Around that time we went to a New Year's eve party at the apartment of some French people in the 1ere, not far from the Arc de Triomphe. At 2 am we left to return to my friend's tiny apartment that was on the other side of the city, in a much less prosperous arrondisement. There were no taxis, because French cab drivers don't pick up street hail rides at 2 am on January 1st, and this was pre-Uber, and the Metro was closed. So we walked for, I'd guess, five miles through the city at night, carrying a two year old, from about 2 am until around 4 am. We felt no unease at all. This wasn't just us being naive Americans, as my Parisian friend was walking with us and he confirmed, what we were doing was perfectly safe. By the way, champagne and Paris at night make a long trek like walking on clouds.
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Ha - almost the same story...after a party in Bobiny Pablo Picasso, walked with a friend all the way to Montparnasse - virtually across the entire city. Arrived home at about 5 in the morning - with the french flag waving in the window of the pic above...Won't say where I got it...