Oh Paris

Just in time for the New Year, Paris has again fallen victim to a jewelry robbery. The Associated Press is reporting that an armed robber broke into an unnamed jewelry store in south Paris earlier on Tuesday and fled the boutique on a motor scooter with more than $100,000 worth of jewels and watches. He reportedly fired a gun into the air at the boutique, but no one was injured.

The incident, which follows several more dramatic jewelry robberies in the past year, including a multimillion dollar heist at diamond boutique Harry Winston last December, seems to underline a security issue in some of Paris’s top-tier jewelry boutiques. Many of these are world-renowned and known for their cream-of-the-crop collections. But in the end, jewelers may resist installing bolstered security features for fear of scaring customers away and taking away from the luxurious ambiance.

Another Paris Jewelry Robbery originally appeared on About.com Paris Travel on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 14:20:55.

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If you’ll be in Paris to celebrate New Year’s Eve, be sure to check out our updated guide to bringing in the new decade in the city of light. Whether you’re a student looking for an all-nighter, are celebrating with family or are planning of making a romantic event of the evening, find out how to say your auld lang synes in style.

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Planning on New Year’s Eve in Paris? originally appeared on About.com Paris Travel on Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 09:23:25.

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French news agency AFP is reporting that most of the Paris museums and monuments that have been closed for up to a week due to personnel strikes have re-opened their doors despite the fact that many employees are continuing the strike. AFP said the Louvre and Orsay museums, the Chateau de Versailles and the French National Library had all reopened Wednesday, with visitors entering free of charge at the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay as strikers blocked access to ticket counters. The Georges Pompidou Center and the Arc de Triomphe remained closed. The Pompidou Center has been closed for the past 17 days, and it remains uncertain when it will re-open.

Most Striking Paris Museums and Monuments Re-Open originally appeared on About.com Paris Travel on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 08:56:29.

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