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Americans just love their new apartments in Paris!
PARIS does funny things to people. Imagine, for example, crawling off an airplane, making your way across the city with a bad case of jet lag and waking up the next day to find that you are the new owner of some stranger's apartment in the 17th Arrondissement.
That would be where, exactly? And how much did it cost again?
"It happened so fast," said Deviyani Nautiyal, sounding surprised even several months later as she recounted a hunt that began at home, in front of a computer. "I can't believe we bought an apartment within four hours of landing."
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Not long ago some of the same people might have focused on Left Bank addresses like the Rue Cler, a lively market street in the Seventh Arrondissement not far from the Eiffel Tower. Today there are so many Americans shopping on Rue Cler for their bread and French butter -- and their second homes -- that half the voices you hear have a familiar accent.
How mahvelous!
Also, according to The New York Times, Americans are enjoying summers on the seaside in Montenegro, as Croatia has already become terribly gauche. Americans are also enjoying the fruits of a winery in the Champagne region that still makes delectable, albeit $200 a bottle wines from pre-phylloxera grapes.
I'm so stuffed with cake right now, I can barely move!
Some further news from The Times?
Iran will have nuclear arms capabilities in months, not years, Ahmadinejad is a "madman" and there is no health care crisis in America.