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  BLOG. Paris-Montrouge Scribbler This is a new blog that picks up from https:// www.ankarascribbler.blogspot.com , written during the years 2012-2022 while I was living in Ankara, Turkey. I will still post there from time to time, for return trips to Turkey and travels in the neighboring region: Greece, Cyprus, etc. This new blog will feature my experiences in Paris, other parts of France, and western Europe, and maybe elswhere, we'll see. Welcome! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 January, 2023. (post no. 1). Street signs – agents of  education I now live in Paris , in the Petit-Montrouge section ( quartier ) of the 14th arrondissement. [Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements , or districts.] The area belonged to Montrouge, a separate town, until 1860 when it was annexed by Paris. Montrouge the town still exists, immediately to the south of Paris, with metro (subway) and bus connections into the cap...