1: Le Procope

13, Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, 75006 Paris, France   [01-40-46-79-00]    website

The first successful cafe of Paris, Le Procope was founded by an Italian who made coffee popular in Paris and many say basically invented ice-cream (gelato). Notice that prices for drinks are the same at the bar (comptoir) as in the dinning room (salle).

2: La Palette

43, Rue de Seine, 75006 Paris, France

3: Les Deux Magots

Place Saint-Germain des Prés, 75006 Paris, France   [ + 33 (0)1 45 48 55 25]    website

4: Le Cafe de Flore

174, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France

Bon Jour Travelers!
Paris has a long coffee tradition dating back to the 1660’s when the Armenian brothers Pascal and Gregoire Alep opened Paris’ first café. Unfortunately for the brothers their product was not popular as the Parisians did not take to the bitter beverage.  But then in 1686 a Sicilian named Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli- [...]

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Hello Travelers!
Ryanair has announced that there will be no more bookings for their flights via other websites. Actually, there seems to be some question as to if they will honor tickets booked through any site other than their own, so if you have booked on ebookers.ie, Rumbo, eDreams, Atrapolo or any other 3rd party [...]

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By Tai–
Reminiscing about those carefree summer days of your childhood?  Remember running through overgrown summer fields, splashing through creeks and chasing your friends on endless bike rides?  Gas prices, a slow economy and bad airline travel have us all in a pickle, but it’s the last days of summer and we want to milk it [...]

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[ August 16, 2008; ] Buenos Dias Amigos!

Humantla, Mexico- In the 53rd addition of the Huamantlada, one man was killed and 24 others were injured- click here for video but BEWARE it is graphic! The be a bullfigher (torero) for a minute festival is held every year on the 1st Saturday after August 15th in Humantla, which is a city 170km (100 miles) south of Mexico City.  The [...]

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