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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

June 29, 2022By Heidi EllisonWhat's New Potpourri
One of the lakes in the Bois de Vincennes, one of the many sights to be seen while hiking the Sentier du Grand Paris. © Paris Update
A lake in the Bois de Vincennes, one of the many sights to be seen while hiking the Sentier du Grand Paris. © Paris Update
WALKING AROUND PARIS

A 320-mile hiking trail around Greater Paris takes visitors to an astounding number of architectural and natural wonders. (National Geographic)

RIGHT TO ABORTION

“For all women, for human rights, we must engrave this acquired right in stone,” tweeted France’s new  Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who is pushing for abortion rights to be added to the French constitution. (Reuters)

THE NEW NOTRE DAME

The area around the refurbished Notre Dame Cathedral, severely damaged by fire in 2015, is set to become more parklike, with 131 new trees. (The Local)

WHAT BECAME OF THE YELLOW VESTS?

A TV report on the fate of some of the members of the populist Gilets Jaunes movement, which arose spontaneously in France in 2018. (France 24)

REMEMBERING ABLOH

The colorful Louis Vuitton menswear show last week paid tribute to former designer Virgil Abloh, who died last November, by bringing in Florida’s Marching 100 band, and inviting celebrities including Kendrick Lamar and Naomi Campbell. (Reuters)

FOR TOURISTS WITH COVID

It’s no fun to be sick in a foreign country, especially if you don’t speak the language. Here’s some advice in case you catch Covid in France. (The Local)

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