Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The Paris metro system is 214 km long (133 miles) and it has 303 ...
PARIS — Talk in the streets is of a new Europe, a seamless superstate of common dreams. But down below, the No. 7 Metro rumbles from Tolbiac to Stalingrad, evoking 15 centuries of bitter conflict.