[Stoat]

The foul stench of the famous Paris sewers nearly overwhelmed the senses.

Isn’t that the acclaimed ambiance of Paris?

My guess is that Hemingway wouldn't even recognize modern day Paris and would instantly leave in disgust.

The foul stench of the famous Paris sewers nearly overwhelmed the senses.

Isn’t that the acclaimed ambiance of Paris?

[R. Scott]

No doubt.

[JLS]

My guess is that Hemingway wouldn't even recognize modern day Paris and would instantly leave in disgust.

You maybe need to read up on Paris in the day of Hemingway. Progress happens every year. It was almost a century ago Hemingway was in Paris. It was a much much more primative place than it is now. Big old cities seem old and decaying to Americans in part because they adapted modern conviences when they were first invented and in other societies they don't so quickly throw out the old but still usable to get the newest. [I am not suggesting this is good or bad, but just a difference.]