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On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 18:12:30 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>On 2025-04-19 4:37 p.m., Graham wrote:
>> On 2025-04-19 2:04 p.m., Bruce wrote:
>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 19:46:53 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
>
>>>> Chongqing is a megacity that you've never heard of. It's actually the
>>>> largest city in the world.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49QRxO_n2c
>>>
>>> Terrible. I was in Melbourne 2 weeks ago. Also terrible. Too many
>>> people. Go away.
>>>
>> I was there 2 years ago and it hadn't the same positive vibe that it had 
>> had when I visited before covid.
>
>Too many people and two many tourists. I had been in Paris in 1993, 
>1998, 2001 and then again two years ago. I could no believe the increase 
>in the number of tourists. We had a pass that got us past the lines in 
>some places but there were a couple, like the Louvre, where you had to 
>book a reservation about two weeks in advance. We got into the Musee 
>D'Orsay  with okay but l'Orangerie  was a 3 1/2 hour wait to get into.

The only way to visit Paris these days is to turn left where everybody
turns right. Unfortunately, there's a reason why nobody turns left.

-- 
Bruce
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