Arles

Vincent thought strategically of what paintings he wanted in his studio to show Gauguin. He chose a theme – sunflowers – and…

Imagine for a moment you are Theo in your Paris apartment, receiving your latest shipment of paintings from Arles. You already know…

The “yellow house” is the one that Van Gogh was to share with Gauguin – but as it turned out, his dream…

When you walk the same streets that Van Gogh did, you start to think “what if” questions. What if Gauguin hadn’t joined…

We walked a bit further along the embankment of the Rhone, and came upon another brass plaque pointing towards the street. Behind…

We took a few minutes to unpack and then with the help of a map, decided to find some of the Van…

With my focus on Van Gogh in Arles, I had given scant attention to the history of the place. But soon, in…

Once aboard, we found our assigned seats, stowed our luggage, got out our magazines and then felt ourselves gently gliding out of…

We got up before the wake-up call. Had the buffet breakfast in the hotel to save time. It was fine. French breakfasts…

Tomorrow we would be taking the Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) from Gare de Lyon directly down to Arles with no changes…