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French Culture – Helpful voices Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jan 12, 2021
Robust public transportation options make getting around Paris and many parts of France easy. Whether you’re taking the bus, le métro, or the train, a host of helpful voices help to make sure that your journey will be safe and efficient. Les voix des transports en commun From announcing the prochain arrêt or directing riders…
French Culture – Paris’s new Metro line Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jan 5, 2021
Paris’s new metro line adds 4 nouvelles stations between la gare Saint-Lazare and la Mairie de Saint-Ouen. Originally planned for 2017, la ville de Paris and the RATP finally made things easier for people to get around the city and suburbs with the prolongement vers le nord de la ligne 14. Paris s’élargit This next phase…
All For One, And One For Al…exandre Dumas! Posted by Hichem on Jul 1, 2011
If you take the Paris metro these days, you’ll notice a mini-story of Alexandre Dumas, who lent his name to a station de métro ! Born in 1802, a year before the outburst of the Napoleonic Wars, the same year as Victor Hugo was born, he was the son, just like Hugo, of a Général d’Empire…