As a very young man, Offenbach arrived in Paris from a small town in Germany and promptly fell in love with the city -- a love affair that lasted a lifetime and culminated in this magnificent, mischievous, joyful paean to his adopted city. He was but one of the thousands of visitors that pour into Paris each day from all parts of the world to view the splendors of the city of light, to seek adventure, excitement and thrills, and get a brief, succulent taste of La Vie Parisienne.