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I stayed near here on my first visit to France, a French Exchange trip at the tender age of 13. I had my first real French kiss somewhere near here. Ah, the memories. We did lots of walking and laughing I recall.
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Nancy (pronounced [n??si]; archaic German: Nanzig; Luxembourgish: Nanzeg) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région of northeastern France.
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