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The Midnight Effect
Can’t miss it, Paris has a magic night sky that simply illuminates its past. Stated more precisely and scientifically, Parisian night darkens what’s new and leaves only the historical radiance, the peculiar light emitted by time passed. This is the City of Light. If by day you forget what has happened, go to a cafe, order a beer at the bar, wait for dusk, wait for dark, go forth into the city, go back and forth across the city, and all that is past is revealed. If illumination is insufficient, GPS and a friend who drives will take you back into history. Happy New Year, today is the day. In a place like Paris every day is New Year, every day searches out new and re-discovers old, celebrates both. Happy New Day every day. Thanks for joining us to give homage to the old and new. Come again tomorrow, we’re not done with Paris. How could we be?
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