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Author: Adrian Leeds

Posted on May 25, 2012March 17, 2017

Apartment hunters…

Image Finding a place to hang your hat in Paris
The first time you landed at Charles de Gaulle, it’s likely you taxied to a quaint little hotel on the Left Bank, spent the week visiting museums, shopping at the “grands magasins,” dining at the most written-about restaurants and getting to know the lay of the River Seine. Continue reading “Apartment hunters…”

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