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holidays: Vive le weekend; You can't hurry love - so you really shouldn't rush through the city of romance. SARAH ROBERTSON takes a weekend break in Paris to see if you can 'do' all the sights when time is tight. SPEED THROUGH THE CITY OF

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From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date: 20070218
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Byline: SARAH ROBERTSON

PARIS is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness.

So said American novelist Willa Cather.

And after my first visit I understand why the love affair with the so-called City of Lights is a longstanding one, even in winter.

I stayed two nights at the sumptuous Hilton Paris Arc de Triomphe, and sampled the delights of Europe's most romantic city.

After a short flight from Birmingham, arriving at this chic hotel was like being transported back to the roaring 1920s and a bygone age of ...

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