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1. I arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport and ask the taxi driver to bring me to Kilometer Zero. Where will he drop me?
2. From my zero starting point, I decide I want to buy a map to help with my tour. I find a famous bookshop nearby on Quai Montebello. What is it called?
3. I buy a biography of Oscar Wilde. It tells me that he died in Paris...but in which dingy hotel?
4. I go down to the river and hop on a boat to go to the Eiffel Tower. It is called a "Bateau Mouche". But what, I ask, does the name mean?
5. Arriving near the Eiffel Tower I have my pocket picked. I call a police officer but what is a Paris police officer called?
6. Luckily the authorities catch the thief and I have enough money to buy lunch. I want to go to the oldest restaurant in Paris. It is near the Odeon Theatre. What is its name?
7. Well-fed and feeling sleepy I decide to go to the movies. I find a small cinema which is showing old movies. The hero says to the heroine: "We'll always have Paris". I feel smug as I am in Paris with a very good lunch inside me. What movie was I watching?
8. Stepping out of the cinema, I get some fresh air and decide to use one of the free bicycles available on street corners in Paris. What is the service called?
9. I cycle across Paris to a large park. At the bottom of the park I find the tennis stadium where the French Open Tennis is played. Who is it named after?
10. Exhausted by my day, I decide to get a taxi back to the airport. From the station near there I take the high speed train to the next country I wish to visit, Germany. What is the French high speed train system called?
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