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From Mozart to Moulin Rouge: 40 Hours in Paris
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From Mozart to Moulin Rouge: 40 Hours in Paris

Jul 17, 2026 24 min read

Two hotels, two stages and one unapologetically expensive escape Technically, this story is about forty hours in Paris. Spiritually, it began with a brioche in Strasbourg. I had flown into Paris the previous day, only to leave it almost immediately by train. I had never visited Strasbourg, and late November seemed like a reasonable time to correc