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• Alistair then took us back to La Defence where he lives and works. It’s the new business and financial district.
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• We went to Alistair's apartment (which smelt strongly of the camembert which had went off in his fridge), listened to the new record player and had a slice of the birthday cake.
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• It was delicious!
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• The view from the apartment more than made up for the smell.
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• You can see all the way to the Eiffel Tower and when it got dark you could see the light show, which all the Parisians hate but I thought looked quite pretty.
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