Hello from Paris! Here we are with the usual update about the lockdown measures that are currently in force in France. I waited a few days before sharing them with you to check everything out... Compared to the last weeks our lockdown is now less strict. We are still not allowed to travel to different …
Month: November 2020
When the Louvre was evacuated and Mona Lisa went missing
Two of the most frequently asked questions in my Louvre tour are: "What happened to the Louvre during WWII?" and "Why the museum was not pillaged?" The answer is an amazing history that worth to be told and should be transformed into a movie. Ready to discover it? Everything started in 1939, before the war …
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Focus on a Masterpiece: The most ancient statue in Paris
The last time I was in the Louvre one of my guests asked me to surprise him. He had already visited the museum several times so he was looking for something "new". Well, "new" is not really an adjective you often hear in the museum, where the youngest works are about 200 years old and …
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Small Talk from Versailles: a day with the Sun King
Thanks to several tv series and movies everyone knows that a very strict etiquette controlled, in ancient times, the social and private lives of the European royal and aristocratic families. Each country had its own rules that were progressively abandoned, especially in the last two centuries. Today we can still gossip - in a good …
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Focus on a Masterpiece: Le Balcon – The Balcony (Manet, 1868/69)
Today I was dreaming about having a balcony in Paris. Not necessarily a huge one. A small one would be fine for me. One like Le Balcon (The Balcony) painted by Edouard Manet in 1868/1869 would be perfect. I love that picture. It really is one of my favorite paintings ever so I decided to …
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The Chat Noir Cabaret in Paris – Shadow Theatre
I am sure that not many of you know something about the Chat Noir Cabaret in Paris but I am quite sure that almost all of you are familiar with this affiche (poster): This black cat which once was the logo of the cabaret itself (the name Chat Noir means Black Cat) became such an …
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Celebrating Touissant: 3 cemeteries you should visit in Paris
November 1 is Touissant, All Saints' Day in France. It is tradition to visit cemeteries to bring flowers to the dead and pray for them. In Paris there are several famous cemeteries that actually deserve to be seen. Here my favorite ones.
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