And while Paris might not be as polished, or clean, as they’d expected, not one of the backpackers I met seemed disappointed by it.

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A French backpacker who went missing in Egypt a year ago has safely returned home to Paris, a lawyer representing his family said on Tuesday. It’s not clear what happened over the past year to ...

Tran Dang Dang Khoa, a 30-year-old backpacker from Vietnam's southern province of Tien Giang, arrived at the Eiffel Tower last Saturday. This symbol of Paris marks the end of the first part of his ...