Parisians tuck into coffee and croissants again as cafes re-open
The Peninsula
Paris: For Parisian Elie Ayache the world was a little closer to normal on Wednesday after the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic: he was back at his favourite cafe drinking coffee and eating a croissant.
French cafes and restaurants were allowed to start serving customers in outside areas on Wednesday, ending a six month shutdown that was mandated by the government to try to contain the spread of the virus. "I was impatient to get back to my life, and to the person that I was before," said Ayache, as he sat on the terrace outside Les Deux Magots, a Paris cafe that was once a hangout for Ernest Hemingway and other literary celebrities.More Related News