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Dedication Preface Part 1: The Planning

1. Don’t go to Paris in August 2. Make sure you wear comfortable clothes and shoes 3. Be careful when choosing a hotel 4. Cash or travellers' cheques?

Part 2: Getting To Know Paris

1. Getting orientated 2. Remember that Paris is a lived in city 3. Enjoy café society 4. Know where to shop 5. The best way to see Paris 6. Staying alive (coping with the traffic) 7. Ignore zebra crossings (motorists do) 8. Watch out for motorbikes 9. Buy a ladder 10. When frogs become toads 11. Traffic jams 12. Pollution control 13. Motorcades with police escorts 14. Nevertheless, walking is best 15. French notaires 16. Pedalling through Paris 17. Le Metro: the French underground 18. L'Autobus 19. Travelling by taxi 20. Finding specific buildings 21. A shocking note about electrical appliances 22. Beggars: a major growth industry 23. Parisian street entertainers 24. Confidence tricksters 25. Eating out 26. Public lavatories 27. Tipping

Part 3: Understanding France And The French

1. Introduction 2. The Parisians love Paris 3. The male French attitude towards women 4. The French love flowers 5. The French don't like foreigners 6. The French don't have much of a sense of time 7. In France the shop assistant is always right 8. The French love dogs 9. The French love cats too 10. The French love demonstrations 11. The French don't give a fig about their cars 12. The French are very vain 13. Elegance and style 14. No shame 15. The elderly in Paris 16. The French royal family 17. The French police 18. The French are quick to learn 19. Non! 20. The French are very formal 21. The French love music 22. Civic efficiency 23. The arty farty French 24. Essential advice if you need to abuse a Frenchman 25. Speaking French (or not) 26. The well-mannered French 27. The French don't `get' irony 28. The French and their health 29. The French are only interested in the best 30. French slimmers 31. Kissing and shaking 32. The best French law 33. Staying cool 34. Waving not drowning 35. Open spaces 36. Boules 37. French chefs 38. Long lunches 39. The French as bureaucrats

Part 4: The Twenty Villages of Paris

Introduction 1st Arrondissement 2nd Arrondissement 3rd Arrondissement 4th Arrondissement 5th Arrondissement 6th Arrondissement 7th Arrondissement 8th Arrondissement 9th Arrondissement 10th Arrondissement 11th Arrondissement 12th Arrondissement 13th Arrondissement 14th Arrondissement 15th Arrondissement 16th Arrondissement 17th Arrondissement 18th Arrondissement 19th Arrondissement 20th Arrondissement

Appendix 1 Outside Paris Appendix 2 Twenty Things You Must Do In Paris Appendix 3 Ten Things Not Worth Doing In Paris

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