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Louvre Museum
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At Café Marly, you can sip your café au lait overlooking the Pyramid entrance to the Louvre museum.
Paris Kiss
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A kiss in a café on Île Saint-Louis draws hardly a glance from locals used to romance in the City of Light.
Vintage Citroën Car
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Although Paris is getting more bike-friendly, a vintage Citroën parked along a Paris street still makes for a classic image.
Brasserie
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Compared to Paris’s temples of haute cuisine, brasseries are cozy places for good, homey food and snatches of music.
Fashion
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In the city that invented fashion, women effortlessly display a sense of style, even merely leaving a Métro station.
Couple on Bridge
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Rodin’s famous sculpture “The Kiss” (on view at the Musée Rodin) finds an echo here on a bridge across the Seine.
Man Playing Accordion
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Leaning on a vintage car, a man plays the accordion outside a brasserie on Île Saint-Louis.
Fishermen on Île Saint-Louis Waterfront
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Along the Île Saint-Louis waterfront, fishermen drop their lines into the Seine.
Brasserie on Île Saint-Louis
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A young woman has a drink at the bar counter of a brasserie on Île Saint-Louis.
Romantic Couple
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“Public displays of affection are as common as croissants,” writes author Elizabeth Berg of Paris, as this couple proves.