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Travelogue featuring Paris, Arles, Aix-en-Provence with a focus on Van Gogh.

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  • An unsurpassed feast for the eyes, but a beast on the wallet

    by strote January 15, 2012

    Let’s get a few very obvious observations about Paris out of the way. Paris is a wonderful city for walking, for being…

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  • At Shakespeare and Company, you’re at Point Zero for English Lit in Paris

    by strote September 13, 2011

    On my list of places to visit on this trip was the legendary, one-of-a-kind English book store, Shakespeare & Company, aka the…

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  • Shopping for a cheese plate in Paris – what could possibly go wrong?

    by strote September 5, 2011

    At the end of our street where Blvd St Germain meets Rue Monge is Place Maubert. A nondescript square by Parisian standards,…

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  • How to buy a baguette in Paris

    by strote August 28, 2011August 28, 2011

    There are thousands of boulangeries (bakeries) that sell baguettes in Paris. There’s one on every block. When we got to our apartment…

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  • Day 1 in Aix – walking, squares, cafés

    by strote January 9, 2011January 10, 2011

    Once we were settled into our hotel – big room, king-size bed, view over the old town – we decided to go…

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  • Off to Aix – if that cab ever arrives!

    by strote December 30, 2010

    This was our last morning in Arles. On one hand it was sad to leave, given that there were other sights left…

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  • Musée Maillol, Damien Hirst, death in Paris

    by strote August 16, 2010August 22, 2010

    Before we’d left, my friend Dan had recommended going to Museum Maillol, which had a show featuring one of Damien Hirst’s skulls.…

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Recent Posts

  • A day of Van Gogh, Hiroshige, Madeleine church, Closerie de Lilas, Luxembourg Gardens

    March 30, 2014
  • Edward Hopper and Le Foodist dinner for 12 on the Seine by the Notre Dame

    March 16, 2014
  • Birthday lunch at the Jules Verne on the Eiffel Tower

    February 17, 2014
  • Napoleon’s tomb, French military history, Soutine, Paris ferris wheel…

    January 26, 2014
  • A Van Gogh or no?

    December 8, 2013

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