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There's nothing Jean-Remi Galinon enjoys more than bouncing along cobbled streets and showing off Paris to foreign tourists, usually Americans, in his most iconic of French vintage cars. "They are in love with Paris ... (and) we're suffering the consequences (of the travel ban)." Tourism is part of the lifeblood of the city, one of the world's most visited, so for Galinon, Paris's springtime lockdown could hardly have been worse.Continue reading Vintage Citroen 2CV Paris tours struggle under coronavirus travel ban
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On this episode of AutoblogVR, join Magnus Walker as he takes to the streets of Paris in a '73 Porsche 911 Carrera RS.
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