The Passages Couverts and the Galeries

When you're around Paris to do some 'shopping do not stop to look at the shop windows that look out on the roads. There are in fact, in this dream city, passages and galleries hard to find unless you go with the intention of entering it.

They are the grandfathers and grandmothers of the modern shopping center, which now fill our city all go back to the early nineteenth century, an era in which the number of crossings in Paris reached a number of 150 (at today there are still about twenty ), and nearly all are located on the Right Bank (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th and 10th arrondissements).

The 20 km of Paris

Paris also has its manifestations podisticche which the strong demand from its citizens is "The 20 miles of Paris." Now in its thirtieth edition in 2009, this year the race begins, not surprisingly, Sunday 10/10/10 at 10.

Anyone wishing to participate in this fun event is to be aware that the number of participants each year is limited to 20,000, and that the fee is between 25 and 30 €.