[France24] Parisians flocked to outdoor terraces in drizzling rain on Wednesday morning as restaurants, cafés and bars opened for the first time in six months amid cautious optimism that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is over. FRANCE 24 reports from the celebrated Paris neighbourhood of Saint-Germain des Près. Waiters weaved their way among the tables, the café rang out with the clattering of plates and the clamour of conversation as the smell of fresh coffee and croissants drifted out into the street. One man began work on his laptop as a woman removed her mask and lit a cigarette; another settled into his chair for the morning with a copy of French daily Le Monde.
Ten minutes after opening, every seat at the legendary Café de Flore, and its rival and neighbour Les Deux Magots, was taken.