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In this thrilling road trip from "Peking to Paris", a woman tries to save her car, her marriage, and her confidence from breaking down. In May 2007, leaving China’s Great Wall is Car 84, one of 128 antique autos racing in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge. It’s guided by one Dina Bennett, the world’s least likely navigator: a daydreamer prone to carsickness, riddled with self-doubt, and married to a thrill-seeking perfectionist who is half-human, half-racecar. What could possibly go wrong?

Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city in the 1980s. Finally, after a nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his worldly belongings into three suitcases, he arrived, hopes high, at his new apartment in the lively Bastille neighborhood.

Paris has long been a storied center of art and culture, and of romance, but in the 1920s its magnetism was especially irresistible. From around the world writers, artists, and composers steamed in, to visit or linger, some to reside. This book - a work of immense erudition spiced with anecdotes and gossip - documents their haunts and habits, their comings and goings, their relationships intimate and artistic.

Eat, Pray, Love meets Claude Monet in this epistolary ode to Paris. What started as a whim in a Latin Quarter café blossomed into Janice MacLeod’s years-long endeavor to document and celebrate life in Paris, sending monthly snippets of her paintings and writings to the mailboxes of ardent followers around the world. Now, Dear Paris collects the entirety of the Paris Letters project: 140 illustrated messages discussing everything from macarons to Montmartre.

Geschichten und Reportagen aus der französischen Hauptstadt. Ein Paris-Podcast von Irem Çati und Arthur Devriendt.

Pull up a chair for the ultimate Parisian Apéro. Hosted by American expat photographers CheyAnne and Doug of L’amour de Paris, Joie de Vivre is your insider playbook for navigating the City of Light in 2026. Whether you’re planning a first-time trip, dreaming of expat life in France, or looking for the best sunrise photoshoot spots at the Eiffel Tower, we’ve got you covered. From surviving CDG airport to the funniest daily culture shocks of life in Paris, we share the practical tips and romantic stories that travel brochures miss. Grab a glass of wine and join us—the first round of ...

Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-Élysées to the old Montmartre haunts of the doomed painter Modigliani, the tombs of Père-Lachaise cemetery, the luxuriant alleys of the Luxembourg Gardens, and the aristocratic Île Saint-Louis midstream in the Seine.

The city long adored for its medieval beauty, old-timey brasseries, and corner cafés has even more to offer today. In the last few years, a flood of new ideas and creative locals has infused a once-static, traditional city with a new open-minded sensibility and energy. Journalist Lindsey Tramuta offers detailed insight into the rapidly evolving worlds of food, wine, pastry, coffee, beer, fashion, and design in the delightful city of Paris.

Arcades & Avenues is a podcast dedicated to Disneyland Paris - Join your hosts, Ash and Holly on each episode as they give their commentary on the latest news from the parks, as well as a fond look at all the things that make Disneyland Paris unique.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok for even more magical updates @Arcadesandavenues

How the City of Lights gave her lessons in life and love: an Australian beauty journalist shares her obsession with Paris - a city which has been her guide through a lifelong journey of self-discovery. Katrina Lawrence first fell in love with Paris at the age of five, and since then her roads have continually led her back to this most beautiful city, the City of Lights. Telling us the story of why Paris continually fascinates her, Katrina also gives us a mesmerising journey around Paris' most spectacular sights.

Lost in Paris but found a mic – Vicky and Sofie are your Paris survival guides: two Swedes navigating the City of Light with funny stories, smart tips, and real talk.Huge thanks to our mixing engineer @denisefromparis and the studio @motifmusic - who make us sound like we know what we’re doing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abounding in secluded, atmospheric parks, artists' studios, cafes, restaurants, and streets little changed since the 1800s, Paris exudes romance. The art and architecture, the cityscape, riverbanks, and the unparalleled quality of daily life are part of the equation. But the city's allure derives equally from hidden sources: querulous inhabitants, a bizarre culture of heroic negativity, and a rich historical past supplying enigmas, pleasures, and challenges.

A few days into her stop in Paris, Janice meets Christophe, the cute butcher down the street - who doesn't speak English. Through a combination of sign language and Franglais, they embark on a whirlwind Paris romance. She soon realizes that she can never return to the world of twelve-hour workdays and greasy corporate lingo. But her dwindling savings force her to find a way to fund her dreams again.

Brought to you by Penguin. George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. 'You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached...

This is a selection of the many talk shows broadcast on WRP each week, the country’s only English-language radio station. Learn about France: news headlines, expat life, culture, arts, politics : all of France in one place.More shows and archive, plus live stream of WRP 24/7 available at worldradio.frWorld Radio Paris is a not-for-profit community radio station broadcasting on the airwaves of Paris, Nice, Cannes and Normandy. All of us are volunteers donating our time to this project.WRP only survives thanks to listeners' generous donations. If you like our work, think about contributing via...

Il était une fois Paris... Une ville d’ombres et de lumières, une ville que l’on croit connaître, et qui pourtant continue de surprendre. Derrière les façades haussmanniennes et les rues pavées, on trouve parfois des traces : gravées sur une plaque, écrites dans la pierre, ou enfouies dans notre mémoire collective. Dans cette première saison, Paris est une fête ! Une fête libre, exubérante, indisciplinée et créative. Des bals de quartier aux cabarets mythiques, des figures flamboyantes aux lieux oubliés, nous vous racontons l’histoire de celles et ceux qui ont dansé, ...

After New York City emptied out in March 2020, Glynnis MacNicol, aged forty-six, unmarried with no children, spent sixteen months alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment. The isolation was punishing. A year without touch. Women are warned of invisibility as they age, but this was an extreme loneliness no one can prepare you for. When the opportunity to sublet a friend's apartment in Paris arose, MacNicol jumped on it. Leaving felt less like a risk than a necessity. What follows is a decadent, joyful, unexpected journey into one woman's pursuit of radical enjoyment.

What makes love feel different in Paris? The Parisian Love Code reveals the secrets of French romance—how the French date, flirt, connect, argue, and say je t’aime.Hosted by Cécilia Jourdan of @hellofrench and created by the Ritz Paris, this podcast explores the cultural codes behind love in Paris: from first dates and meaningful conversation to coffee rituals, food, desire, and emotional intimacy. Each episode offers a thoughtful, modern look at why romance in France feels effortless yet intentional and how these nuances shape lasting connections.Set against the timeless elegance of the ...

Paris—city of love, food, culture—is steeped in a rich history known the world over. From the creative minds of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who both frequented the world-famous Moulin Rouge at the turn of the twentieth century, to the many historic changes that saw Paris expand into the city of twenty arrondissements that residents and tourists flock to every year. In A Brief History of Paris, historian Cecil Black entertainingly details the stories behind the culture, locations, architecture, people, food and more that keeps visitors enchanted.

Welcome to Paris Gone By, the podcast about Paris history for the curious traveler! Enthusiastic francophile? Traveling to Paris? Simply want to go deeper into the history of Paris? You are in the right place! We explore both the major monuments and the nooks and crannies of Paris and dive into the stories woven into the City of Light's rich history. Together, we'll escape to the Paris of the past, walk down forgotten streets, and experience Parisian history in a new way. As we go along, you'll also discover how to experience the past in person or virtually. Join us on our journey to the Paris...