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Once Upon A Time In France: Scandals, Vaccines, And Wine Thieves

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Jan 11, 2021
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Bonne année! We spent our first Christmas season in the Paris region hitting some of the city’s classic clichés, including the obligatory stop at the Galeries Lafayette, which is France’s holiday shopping cheer equivalent to the Higbee’s department story in A Christmas Story. Well, maybe a touch fancier.

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