The friendly side of Paris: Settle into your arro (neighborhood), exchange cheerful bonjours at the market, find a favorite table at the bistro, and you’ll begin to feel that sense of belonging.
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Dr. Pat Winters gets up around 9 a.m. At 10:30, she leaves her Paris apartment in the Deuxiéme Arrondissement. She could easily walk to Notre Dame, but today she heads for Le Marché Bastille with her rolling cart to buy fruit, cheese, wine, and a fresh baguette. On the way home, she stops at a yarn store and purchases yet another color of Rowan’s felted tweed for the Fair Isle sweater she’s knitting.

For lunch, she’ll prepare a salad at home before she heads out to commune with the impressionists at Musée d’Orsay where she has an annual pass. In the evening, she’ll enjoy her apéro—prosecco with an amuse-bouche or two. When the bells of nearby Église Saint-Eustache beckon, she’ll go to French class with fellow students from Singapore, Yemen, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mali, Ecuador, and Ukraine.

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