After weeks of rain and unseasonably chilly air, it's finally starting to feel like summer again in Paris. As I ran around getting various errands done this afternoon, I noticed that the terraces were again swarming with loungers and that leisurely strolls seemed to be back on the menu. If you're here this July, make sure to take full advantage of all of the great events on around town now, from must-see exhibits to open-air cinema and, from July 20th, a full-fledged beach alongside the Seine River.

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Pictured: At Paris Plage (Paris Beach) on a sunny day in 2003. ©2003 Benoit Darcy. Some rights reserved under the Creative Commons License.