‘It’s a Kind of Magic Place. You Go in One Door, You Go Out Another.’

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  07.06.10 | 11:56 AM ET

Those are the words of 11-year-old Adrien Venturi, an aficionado of the Paris Metro. He’s one of the sources for NPR’s lovely look at the system. “To ride it,” says Jacki Lyden, “is a visual carnival, a living history, an urban love story about the chemin de fer.”