I’ve been in Paris–”studying abroad,” if you will–for the past four weeks. Last weekend I decided it was time to leave the city and see what else France has to offer. I took a train with some friends to the South, where I was exposed to tourist spots that aren’t the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower. We started our journey in Tours, where we went on a tour. A tour of Tours. That is American humor. Do you like it? Read more »
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Sacre bleu! They skate in Paris aussi?
Yep, the city of love isn’t just loads of people reading Baudelaire in pokey cafe’s while sipping perfume from a beret. The second leg of the Vans: Skate Europe tour takes a look at Paris’ skate heritage with guys like Samir Krim and Joseph Blais as well as checking out the squat spots that Parisian kids are actually skating right now. If for some unfathomable reason you didn’t check the London show then catch up on that and what the French are up to before the tour gets to Germany.
Ou est la ghetto?
Ever since we interviewed six Parisian kids of different ethnicities about the 2006 riots in Paris and about their varied experiences with the police, we’ve been paying close attention to what’s been going on down there. One of the factoids that caught our attention was the report that approximately 100 cars get torched on an average night in France. According to the French newspapers it’s unemployed and under stimulated adolescents that roam wild, toasting vehicles left and right. This trend is said to have started in Villiers-le-Bel, Paris’s most notorious suburb. This fall we spent some time in Paris, and couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit Villiers-le-Bel. Here’s what went down. Read more »
