Noon, in the Chaussée-d'Antin district (9th). The rush of the lunch break makes the wide sidewalks almost cramped when groups of tourists and workers going to lunch cross paths. These employees benefit from an exceptional neighborhood: on one side, the Galeries Lafayette, the Printemps or the Madeleine – tourist locomotives – and, on the other, the “village” part of the district which, by Notre-Dame-de -Lorette, allows you to go back to Pigalle.
In the middle, these two audiences ultimately have a common concern: eating at one of the many tables that occupy the ground floor. “That’s all there are, tourists!” If I had an apartment here, I would have rented it directly for the Olympic Games, smiles Boris in his real estate agency on rue Saint-Lazare. The neighborhood is quiet, the restaurants are good. Besides, there is not much turnover. »
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