This was our "home" station at Vavin. 
Most stations were accessible only by stairs. There were a few that were pretty deep that had escalators and also a very few with elevators. But most were not handicap accessible at all.
The 
Metro was pretty easy to use, altho there are so many lines, and some of the routes are shown in colors that are similar on the map. We were able to get from here to there usually with no more than 1 change. We bought a carnet (packet) of tickets at a time....that gave us 10 tickets with a small savings over buying individual ones. You fed it into the turnstile and it came out at the other end. You did not need to keep your tickets to exit the station.
Many of the stations had painted tiles that told something about the area.
Metro stations were all well lighted and clean. Many stations had a digital display to show how long a wait until the next train. As suspected, there were fewer trains on Sunday.
Metro was pretty easy to use, altho there are so many lines, and some of the routes are shown in colors that are similar on the map. We were able to get from here to there usually with no more than 1 change. We bought a carnet (packet) of tickets at a time....that gave us 10 tickets with a small savings over buying individual ones. You fed it into the turnstile and it came out at the other end. You did not need to keep your tickets to exit the station.
Many of the stations had painted tiles that told something about the area.
Metro stations were all well lighted and clean. Many stations had a digital display to show how long a wait until the next train. As suspected, there were fewer trains on Sunday.
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Musicians in the metro are common. Not only in the hallways to and from ground level, but they came on to the cars. Some had cd players for accompaniment. Some were really good and some were barely passable.
The last night in Paris, after we held out money for a tip to the hotel chambermaid, we got rid of all our small change on the metro going back after our time out on the boat ride.
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The ads are all over, which probably doesn't surprise anyone
who uses a subway anywhere. There were NO ads inside the cars. I remember that the New York City subway cars have ads above head level. In the Paris metro all the ads are on the walls in the stations and on the hallways to and from the ground, but the cars themselves are clea except for route maps, which is wonderful for the neophyte traveler.
who uses a subway anywhere. There were NO ads inside the cars. I remember that the New York City subway cars have ads above head level. In the Paris metro all the ads are on the walls in the stations and on the hallways to and from the ground, but the cars themselves are clea except for route maps, which is wonderful for the neophyte traveler.
Sue particulaly thought this ad of the guy with the belly was wierd, especially when I translated it for her.
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Thank you for sharing Beth... love the tile pictures of history!
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