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By Michael Place

PARIS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The real-time appraisal of "not too busy" on Google Maps was somewhat misleading.

Upon my arrival at L'Esplanade, a brasserie in the bustling northern Parisian neighborhood of Clichy, there wasn't a spare table in sight. Not even the rain could keep the hordes away.

"You can sit there if you like," said the waitress, Manon, while taking orders from the al