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I was looking at my older posts and realise some are much old and repetitive so as done before will condense these posts into one for you and me, The subject pops up again and can ‘t resist writing on it when I hear some exciting news on them. Therefore, let me tell you about some news from France July to December 2021 !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Some news from France, CCCXXXIX July 23 2021 !!! The last guardians of Cordouan, the lighthouse of kings. There are only six gatekeepers left in France, who take turns here in pairs. 7 km (about 4 mi) from any coast, Cordouan has watched over the Gironde estuary for four centuries, the largest in Europe. In front of it, the infinite horizon of the Atlantic. On the right, Royan (Charente-Maritime), on the left, Le Verdon-sur-Mer (Gironde), the two ports allowing it to be reached. Behind it, the mixed waters of the Garonne and the Dordogne, which flow together into the ocean. And at the end of this long notch in the western facade of the country, Bordeaux. A wonderful lighthouse or phare de Cordouan

Some news from France, CCCXL August 1 2021 !!! Salvador Dali and Pink Floyd, a hovering wedding at the Atelier des Lumières. The digital art center based in Paris 11éme district devotes its summer show to the genius, whose works are screened with music by the flagship group of the 1970s to accompany it. Packing. Dali, the endless enigma at the Atelier des Lumières, 38, rue Saint-Maur , until January 2022,

The most famous of Spanish architects will soon be honored in a gigantic exhibition in Paris, at the Musée d´Orsay. Gaudi, that’s the name of the exhibition, will first be on view at the end of 2021 at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona before moving to Paris. This is the first major exhibition dedicated to Antoni Gaudi in France for more than 50 years! his workshop, his working techniques, his drawings, models, sketches of his numerous creations of palaces, hotels, churches… Gaudí From April 11 to 24 July 2022 Musée d’Orsay – 1 Rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 7éme

Some news from France, CCCXLI !!! August 17 2021 !!! The Royal Palace,first stop in one of the most beautiful sites in Paris, whose history dates back to Molière and Lully and which offers a perfect setting for popular triumphs. What is immediately striking is this Eiffel-style emergency staircase which connects three cast iron galleries stepped along this facade of painted bricks and mosaics from the Manufacture de Sèvres , In the 1880s, date of the last major restoration of the palace,a beam and a high large metal door, it is through there that the decorations of the pieces that are played out enter! A place to see Palais Royal de Paris

The Victor Hugo writer’s house-museum, nestled under the arcades of the Place des Vosges, in the heart of the Marais, has been delighting its visitors and passing customers since this summer in a café with a pretty terrace managed by the Maison Mulot, the pastry-caterer of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Finally, the Basilica Saint-Denis ; the timetable for the reconstruction of the spire is becoming clearer, From now on, the reassembly operations of this unique site in the world are scheduled for spring 2023, The basilica of Saint-Denis no longer had a spire or tower North since 1847. The refitting of the North tower and its spire should begin in early spring 2023. Good news !!

The Nocturnal Nights at the Palace of Versailles. Animations with flames, lasers and drones, the spectacle which was revealed for the first time in front of the public in France And precisely at 20h30 of the baroque music resounded, direction the basin of Neptune. Jets of water shoot tens of meters high. Opposite the sun has disappeared, it is the moon that shines. , While thousands of candles have covered the gardens, on the large green carpet, flames spout out on the large green carpet in front of the grand canal. Synchronized with the music, it’s a real ballet. Suddenly in the pink sky, a luminous rectangle forms. As the sun prepares to set, hundreds of drones spin, twirl and change shape. Purple and green, they come together to represent a rectangle, then a rhombus, a sun and finally a fleur-de-lis. This is back last Sunday, Versailles !!! The Great Waters of Versailles, this is 55 fountains, 3,500 cubic meters of water per hour distributed in fourteen groves over 35 km of pipelines behind the scenes of the Grandes Eaux de Versailles , Created 350 years ago by the Sun King, Louis XIV, this 350-year-old spectacle hasn’t aged a bit. The palace/museum famous water games return this summer, every Saturday and Sunday until October 31. The basin of Apollo, this god of mythology embodying the light and the sun that Louis XIV,had at the origin of the fountains show, chose as its emblem.

The Château de Pierrefonds, out of the imagination of the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Built in 1396 then left in ruins for centuries, the Château was extensively restored from the mid-19C. under the aegis of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, who wanted to implement an “ideal vision of medieval architecture”. Today, it is the second most visited monument in the Oise dept 60. This castle with nine quadrilateral-shaped towers has long been abandoned under the orders of Louis XIII! One of the wonderful castles of my belle France and often overlook, a must to see me think

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon presents a collection that highlights the collaboration of the three painters. High quality paintings, but subject to very strict standards. The Flandrin brothers are three: Auguste (1804-1842), Hippolyte (1809-1864) and Paul (1811-1902). They are Lyonnais and painters. Their parents lived near the Saint-Pierre Palace, now the Museum of Fine Arts, where their exhibition is held today. Two of the three Flandrins will have prosperous careers, the eldest having died young. The two youngest came to Paris in 1829 in the workshop of Ingres. In 1832, after two failures in previous years, Hippolyte won the Prix de Rome and five years at the Villa Medici.

The Tour Montparnasse tower for the 2024 Olympic Games, it is getting a makeover and will be dressed in clear and glass. Although it retains its original shape in general terms, the tower changes its skin, its ventilation, adorns itself with rolling balconies and winter gardens on the lower floors. It even unveils a bioclimatic greenhouse dedicated to urban agriculture on the 59th floor, 227 meters above the ground, or 18 meters more than currently. The Montparnasse tower will be multifunctional and will consume 10 times less energy than today. Regarding the rest of the district, pedestrianization seems to be the key word of this transformation, A total change hoping for the best at one of my former work areas of Paris !

Some news from France, CCCXLII September 3 2021 !!! In the interests of ecology, metro tickets will gradually disappear. And we are starting next October 2021 with the end of the book of 10 tickets, sold until then for 16.90€ (compared to € 1.90 per single ticket). They will give way to dematerialized transport tickets which will be loaded onto an electronic card. For now, it will still be possible to purchase single cardboard tickets. This card, therefore, called Pass Navigo Easy, can be bought for 2€ at the terminals and can be recharged at will. Unlike the Navigo Pass that we know, it is non-nominative and can be lent to other travelers. The purchase price of the card will be quickly refunded, since the notebook will cost 2€ less on it than with cardboard tickets.

The Museum of the Great War opened its doors on November 11, 2011. This weekend will be held the traditional historical reconstruction open to all and free, More than 300 enthusiasts of everything related to the First World War will reconstitute, this weekend in the immediate vicinity of the museum of the Great War in Meaux, scenes from the First Battle of the Marne, which took place from September 5 to 9, 1914 a few kilometers away. On the program, vehicles of 14-18, soldiers in uniform from several countries and air battles with vintage planes, because the place of memory opened on November 11, 2011 – 11/11/11! The first, which will be inaugurated on November 11, will look back on ten years of donations. The collection of Jean-Pierre Verney (the one behind the creation of the museum) numbered 50,000 objects. Today we are at 70,000 objects. The second exhibition, which will open in March 2022, will focus on trench systems. This will explain that they have existed since the dawn of time. But the trenches of the Great War resulted in the evolution of weaponry and had an impact on men. Museum of the Great War, rue Lazare-Ponticelli in Meaux. I say a must to see!

Through rare period drawings, the new exhibition at the Musée Condé (Chantilly castle) allows us to decipher the arrival of the Italian Renaissance movement via the construction of the Château de Fontainebleau and its influence on French art. As part of this new exhibition, the Musée Condé has unearthed some fifty pieces from the Fontainebleau school in its graphic arts cabinet. They are visible until November 7 2021. These painters and sculptors popularize a formula called to great success, what will be called much later “the school of Fontainebleau”. These masterpieces were brought together by Henri d´Orléans, Duke of Aumale, former owner and legatee of the Cantilian collections, who had a
strong interest in the French Renaissance. Son of King Louis-Philippe, he stayed regularly in his youth in
Fontainebleau and was inspired by it for the reconstruction of Chantilly. Near his home, the Duke also regularly had the opportunity to admire one of the rare period frescoes preserved in France, at the Abbey of Chaalis. Le trait de la seduction, Drawings from the Fontainebleau School, until November 7 at the Graphic Arts Cabinet of the Château de Chantilly.

From the post-war period to the Pantheon, Joséphine Baker born in Missouri USA in 1906, her real name Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalized French in 1937; this artist and figure of the Resistance will be the first black woman to enter the Parisian necropolis, On November 30,2021 Joséphine Baker (see post) will become the first black woman to enter the Pantheon.(see post) A decision taken at the end of August by Emmanuel Macron to honor the memory of the Franco-American singer, icon of the Roaring Twenties. Suffice to say that the artist, nicknamed “the black Venus”, experienced her greatest hours of glory long before the creation of the newspaper Le Monde (text taken from it) , in 1944. It was not until 1949.

Some news from France, CCCXLIIII October 1 2021 !!! And on the road: pedestrian Champs-Élysées. Like every first Sunday of the month, the Champs-Élysées sector and almost all of Paris-Centre (the first 4 arrondissements) are added to the districts of the “Paris breathes” Sunday pedestrianization plan. This Sunday, from 10h to 17h, motor vehicle traffic will be completely prohibited on the Champs-Élysées and only reserved for motorists with an exemption in the hypercentre. And the beat goes on, Paris will be super crowded!!

And traditions ends again at Tati,sadly. In Barbès, nostalgic customers came to say “one last goodbye” to Tati. Between wave in the soul and buying fever, the last customers looked for good deals in the almost empty shelves of the historic store in the 18éme arrondissement in this last day before the final closing. Before lowering its curtain forever, the emblematic store of Barbès-Rochechouart, welcomed this past Thursday, the day of definitive closure, its last customers from all walks of life…

The Palace of Versailles: more than twenty years after the storm, the allée de Saint-Cyr is back with its trees, 450 oaks have just been planted in the gardens of the castle that the storm of 1999 had ravaged. Thanks to sponsorship, the palace is definitely turning this dark page in its history. The Allée de Saint-Cyr, one of the axes leading from l’Étoile Royale (Royal Star) of the Palace of Versailles, has been given a facelift. 450 trees were planted in four symmetrical rows, recreating a long-lost perspective.

Some news from France, CCCXLV October 14 2021 !!! The wonderful Place Vendôme is once again becoming a showcase for contemporary art. Until Friday October 15 2021, a monumental work by Alexander Calder is being installed in front of the facades of fashion houses and jewelers. The International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC) which will take place from Thursday October 21 to Sunday October 24 at the Grand Palais Éphémère thus provides the opportunity to discover creations in the heart of Paris, free of charge. Place Vendôme, in the Tuileries garden (which exhibits 24 artists) but also in the Eugène Delacroix museum that creations will thus be to be discovered. That of Calder with its “red signal” and its 18 tons of metal is enough to impress. On last Wednesday, the two large wings that should give it a wingspan of 17 meters long, 9 high and 6.5 meters wide were not yet in place. But the work, created in 1975 by the artist and set up here on the initiative of the Gagosian gallery, already hinted at the monumental impression this Flying Dragon will give. A year before his death Alexander Calder had also created the red spider – Le Grand Stabile Rouge – which has been sitting on the forecourt of La Défense (92) since 1976. Gagosian’s third gallery, which will open next Tuesday October 19, at 9, rue de Castiglione (1éme) in the historic complex of Hotel Lotti, will present, alongside other works dating from 1975, various archive documents related to the sculpture as well as the original model of this flagship piece of the FIAC

At the Manufacture de Sèvres factory, the large wood-fired oven rekindles the flame for two days. The work dating from 1877 is only put back into operation every five years The masterful wood-fired oven at the Sèvres factory comes back to life. Since Wednesday morning, logs and small birch wood have supplied the imposing 150-year-old building for the delicate firing of twenty-seven vases decorated by three renowned artists: Annette Messager, Hélène Delprat and Ulla von Brandenburg

The exhibition «les Animaux du Roi» or the King’s Animals, at the Palace of Versailles, revives an era long gone, when the court hosted a parade of animals brought to shine or have fun and not to fight … An animal paradise and exotic, lost and found. One could be seen at the menagerie of the Palace of Versailles, in the years 1730-1740, Just like an elephant, a rhinoceros, hyenas, or a couagga. A what ? This hybrid of the zebra and the horse, immortalized in drawing by the artist Nicolas Maréchal, had been bought by Louis XVI from a governor of South Africa in 1784. The animal died a few years after the king
guillotined, in 1797. The couagga, victim of overhunting, disappeared from the species in 1883

Some news from France, CCCXLVI October 18 2021 !!! Displayed in all the galleries of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the exhibition “Icons of modern art”. The Morozov collection presents the masterpieces of one of the most famous collections of French modern art (Matisse, Gauguin, Bonnard, Picasso, Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Maurice Denis, Cézanne…) and Russian (Vroubel, Chagall, Malevich, Larionov, Serov…) brought together by the brothers Mikhaïl and Ivan Morozov . Wealthy Muscovite industrialists, art lovers, they were among the greatest patrons and collectors of the early 20C. Louis Vuitton Foundation, 8, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi; 16éme,

In Lens Louvre, the story of love and hate between Picasso and the Louvre revealed, The story between the painter and the museum, made up of cannibalization and provocation, is told on neutral ground, through 450 works and documents. See is in the Nord !

The Daurade Basilica of Toulouse, inaugurates its large raised organ !! The great organ of the Daurade was installed in 1864 in the basilica which borders the Garonne river, The event is rare and important for music lovers. This past Wednesday, October 13 at 20h30, the resident organist of the Daurade Basilica Willem Jensen and the cellist Christophe Coin are giving a joint concert as part of the Toulouse Les Orgues festival. The opportunity to celebrate the great organ of the church, freshly renovated. Nice !

I am inserting a bit of trivia I like, On June 17, 1885, to cheers, the Statue of Liberty arrived in pieces, in New York harbor. Departing from Paris to Rouen by train, the famous work of Bartholdi sets out to cross the Atlantic aboard the “Isère”. Nearly 200 boxes contain the carefully numbered pieces of the colossus. On its arrival, the frigate is greeted by artillery salutes and cheers from the immense crowd. It was not until October 28, 1886 to attend the official inauguration. And still there, telling you all about the Franco-American cooperation, oldest in the world (1776 get it).

Le musée des égouts de Paris, or the Paris Sewer Museum, which was to reopen in 2020, is finally making its return on October 23, 2021 The museum created in 1975 should now be able to accommodate all audiences. Disabled people will be able to access the museum in particular, as the site has been impossible for them to access until now. Explanatory panels and interactive screens now punctuate the route of the visit. There are also some old machines, staged with sewer mannequins from different eras. Indeed, the sewer museum allows you to take a real trip back in time: the installations can go back to the time when Paris was called Lutèce, in antiquity. The great historical periods that have marked Paris are all found in these basements and we cross them during a one-hour visit. Now have your nose ready ! Paris Sewer Museum, Opposite 93 quai d´ Orsay Paris 7éme

A Historical monument of the Halles district, restored and transformed into a museum, the Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection, establishes an unprecedented dialogue between heritage and contemporary creation. With a program of exhibitions, meetings and events, it presents a point of view on contemporary art through the Pinault Collection. Painting, sculpture, photography, video, performance, installations: open to all disciplines, to all audiences, it offers a committed, unique, always renewed look at the art of our time. 2 rue de Viarmes 1éme,

The neo-Gothic style castle of Monte Cristo, with entirely sculpted facades, It houses memories of the writer: portraits, letters, books… It is full of treasures, starting with the astonishing, very finely decorated Moorish living room, where you will find the busts of Dante, Shakespeare and Molière, his favorite writers, and a host of exotic objects brought back from his travels. Opposite, discover the Château d’If, a small Gothic castle surrounded by water that served as a study. It’s up to you to locate the 88 titles of his novels, sculpted on the facades , A fine tucked away nicely we love in the Yvelines dept 78 our old home, you get there by RER A – Saint-Germain-en-Laye stop ; then bus 10, Les Lampes stop , By train: From Paris Saint-Lazare line L direction Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, Marly-le-Roi station then bus 10 stop Les Lampes, 5 minutes walk, Reception pavilion, Chemin du Haut des Ormes, 78560 Le Port-Marly

For the first time, the Musée national Picasso-Paris and the Musée Rodin have joined forces to present the “Picasso-Rodin” exhibition-event. This exceptional partnership between two great monographic museums offers an unprecedented look at these genius artists who paved the way for modernity in art. This rich exhibition of more than 500 works, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, archival documents, photographs invites the visitor to an unprecedented reinterpretation of their abundant and innovative artistic journey. National Picasso Paris Museum, 5, rue de Thorigny, 3éme

Located in the heart of Paris, Square Louis XVI, not far from the Gare St Lazare, the Expiatory Chapel, built under the Restoration, is a place of memory of the Ancien Régime (monarchy) and the French revolution. This exceptional neoclassical and romantic building is dedicated to the memory of the royal family. It was built from 1815 under the orders of king Louis XVIII, on the site of a former revolutionary cemetery (Madeleine). In 1793, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, (later transfered to the Bas St Denis) but also the Comtesse du Barry, Charlotte Corday and Olympe de Gouges were buried there.

Some news from France, CCCXLVIII October 26 2021 !!! The Musée des arts décoratifs brings to light in the exhibition “Cartier and the arts of Islam”, visible from now to February 20, 2022, one of the sources of inspiration for the Parisian house. The tiara, a platinum structure on top of which beautiful diamonds burst, is made of rock crystal engraved with sophisticated windings. But these did not fall from the sky and the Cartier house, which created the object in 1912, was not struck by the divine thunderbolt of the creation the Museum of Decorative Arts (MAD). Cartier and the arts of Islam. At the sources of modernity, at MAD, 107, rue de Rivoli, Paris 1éme.

With the exhibition “Ettore Sottsass. The magic object “, presented at the Centre Pompidou, in Paris, until January 3, 2022, parades from room to room throughout the creative life of the architect, designer, painter and scenographer. a remarkable exhibition bringing together four hundred works (drawings, paintings, objects), five hundred photographs and two hundred unpublished documents which retrace the career of the maestro (born in 1917 in Innsbruck, in Austria, died in 2007, in Milan, in Italy), the “guru” of the avant-garde.

It was Zola’s paradise: completely restored, his house in Médan reopens after ten years of closure. It is here, in his house in Médan (Yvelines 78), that the father of “J’accuse” wrote many of his novels. A very beautiful museum dedicated to the Dreyfus Affair is inaugurated. The house acquired by Emile Zola in 1877 is the cradle of most of his writings

For the fourth year, Chinese lanterns illuminate the park of the Château de Thoiry from October 31. A nighttime show entirely redesigned for this new edition: pandas, whales, zebras … a luminous fairyland at the Thoiry zoo . The park of the Château de Thoiry will once again become a marvelous, brilliant and shimmering garden for the 4th edition of Wild Lights. A fairyland based on the principle of Chinese lanterns, in the heart of nature, where you walk around at your own pace.

How to imagine a Paris without the Canal St-Martin? It’s a must-see, one of our favorite spots, indeed. Inaugurated in 1825, it is the last canal to emerge from land or water and the only one to be located entirely in Paris. It anchors the 19éme, 10éme, 11éme, 4éme and even 12éme arrondissements, where it flows into the port of the Arsenal in Bastille. With its nine locks and its 4.5 km long, it is the smallest of the three small canals, but above all the most famous. A bit of History I like: Inaugurated in 1825, it is the last canal to emerge from land or water and the only one to be located entirely in Paris. Adorned with Eiffel-style movable bridges, the cinema lovers adores it. Between the Place Stalingrad and the port of the Arsenal, between walks, parks, pétanque bars, evenings by the water, a brunch, an aperitif and frenzied nights, we love this little Saint-Martin. And for water lovers, in bottles or in the canal, you can also discover this gem on board a boat. Cruises are organized by Canauxrama and Paris Canal. A good plan to cross the 9 locks and descend the 25 meters deep that the Canal Saint-Martin has to offer.

Some news from France, CCCXLIX November 2 2021 !!! The museum dedicated to the Dreyfus affair. Installed in the house acquired by Émile Zola in Médan (Yvelines 78) in 1878, this place of memory, open to the public since last Thursday, October 28, wants to perpetuate the memory of Alfred Dreyfus, victim of a judicial and anti-Semitic plot. Implicated in 1894, the captain was not rehabilitated until 1906, thanks in particular to the engagement of the writer, author of the famous “J’accuse”. of Émile Zola , However, still intrigue as on September 29, 1902 Zola died of suffocation in his apartment in the rue de Bruxelles in Paris (9éme), the great writer was found dead in his room, suffocated by carbon oxide fumes, Accidental death or assassination ? Until the end, did his enemies want the novelist to pay for his engagement with Captain Dreyfus?

Some news from France, CCCL November 8 2021 !!! The Pont des Arts, the footbridge known for the “love padlocks” Removed since due to the weight of the padlocks which damaged the structure (yes good deal), new glass parapets have been installed to prevent recurrence. The decay of the Pont des Arts (6éme) saddens more than it worries. 155 meters long, crossing the Seine between the Louvre Museum and the School of Fine Arts, the footbridge offers a breathtaking view of the historic center of Paris.

And yes we have many little Venises in my belle France, These are some of my favorites !Pont-Audemer (Eure 27 ) Amiens, the little Venice of the North (Somme 80) Annecy, the little Venice of the Alps (Haute-Savoie 74 ), La Sérénissime has its lagoon, the little Venice of the Alps its famous lake, Colmar, little Venice (Haut-Rhin 68) L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, the Comtadine Venice (Vaucluse 84) , and Brantôme, the Venice of Périgord (Dordogne 24),

Some news from France, CCCLI November 18 2021 !!! My fav rue de Rivoli, a major axis undergoing rapid change thanks to the mayor’s office. It is one of the central axes of Paris. Connecting the east of Paris to the heart of the city, the rue de Rivoli passes in front of the Hôtel de Ville, leads to the Louvre museum before finishing its course along the Tuileries. 3.07 km which make it one of the longest routes in Paris. And due to car traffic ruings the Rue de Rivoli going from 1éme to 4éme arrondissement,and the second commercial axis most affected by store closings, behind Boulevard St-Michel (5éme). Many traders accuse the city’s road improvements which prevent through traffic as a source of disaffection with the street. Paris is in danger thanks to the mayor’s office and to think she is running for President of France!!!

It has been there since the 17C : what if the chestnut tree from La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Yvelines 78) was the most beautiful tree in France? This majestic specimen, around 330 years old, takes part in the annual competition which crowns the most beautiful trees in France. . The chestnut tree of Place Audran,
representative of Île-de-France, seems to be heading for a duel with the tree of the Grand Est for the
title of most beautiful French tree. I have passed by it in my car and indeed a beautiful tree hopes it wins!!!

What could be better than the highest spot in Paris to appreciate the capital in autumn? Stand in front of the Belleville cemetery, rue Télégraphe, and you will be almost 130 meters above sea level. Highest point rue du Télégraphe 20éme Parc de Belleville 47, rue des Couronnes 20éme, Also by Rue Saint-Vincent
. It is at the bend of a cobbled street in Montmartre that you will see the small rue Saint-Vincent and its magnificent colored wall of 400 meters, The pretty place of Fürstenberg. Nestled in the heart of the 6éme arrondissement, right next to the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Church, it bears the name of Cardinal Guillaume Egon de Fürstenberg, abbot of the district at the beginning of the 18C.Place de Fürstenberg, Rue de la Paroisse and Rue de Wertingen , a nice corner of Paris in the 6éme arrondissement. L’île aux Cygnes
or Swan Island with its benches on either side, you can easily rest or stroll in the sun on this small tree-lined island 850 meters long and 11 meters wide! And one thing is certain: calm and serenity will transport you far from Paris. After all, the replica of the Statue of Liberty is only a few yards away. L’île aux Cygnes 15éme arrondissement Those who know the Coulée Verte know that it crosses part of the city, and offers a vegetarian break to Parisians lacking oxygen. In autumn, flowering trees give way to
multicolored fallen leaves. You have to start at 44-46 rue de Lyon then take the stairs right next to the entrance to the car park. Above Avenue Daumesnil, the Arts viaduct slips away and the route begins: trees to the right, to the left, no car … you overlook the city. La Promenade plantée 44-46 rue de Lyon, 12éme arrondissement.

The Bassins de Lumières takes us once again for an immersive epic in the Mediterranean. On the program: masterpieces by some twenty major artists including Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, Matisse, Signac and even Chagall. Through the Mediterranean landscapes, these artists will reinvent themselves and develop the pictorial modernity that we know them today. Monet, Renoir… Chagall. Travels in the Mediterranean Bassins de Lumiéres. Impasse Brown de Colstoun – Bordeaux (33) Until January 2, 2022.

The Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice showcases the artist’s creations, and in particular two pieces kept at the museum: the model of La Rose Bleue for Metz Cathedral and the stained glass windows of La Création du Monde, designed for the concert hall of the museum. A work that will allow a unique moment through the discovery of the stained glass windows lit up with a thousand lights in the morning light, before being carried away in the evening by the music in the concert hall. Marc Chagall, le passeur de lumière. Marc Chagall National Museum; Avenue Dr Ménard – Nice (06). Until January 10, 2022

Some news from France, CCCLII December 2 2021 !!! See at the Marmottan-Monet Museum, in Paris, the three lives of Julie Manet, The exhibition devoted to her life sheds light on the particular, affluent sociology of one part of Impressionism. Telling the life of Julie Manet soon means getting lost in a swarm of famous names and works. Julie is the only daughter of the artist Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet , brother of Edouard Manet , who does not seem necessary to present , This story is takes place in the upper middle class of the 16éme arrondissement of Paris,

“Painting apart from the world”, in the Cernuschi museum. The mountain, a source of inspiration for Chinese scholars, The Parisian museum presents for the first time in Europe the Chih Lo Lou collection
which brings together masterpieces of Chinese art from the 15C to the 18C. Evidenced by the exhibition presented at the Cernuschi Museum, The other Parisian establishment specializing in Asian arts, which
offers the opportunity to discover several works by three 17C Chinese painters, Hongren (1610-1664), Mei Qing (1624-1697 ) and Shitao (1642-1707), representing, each with their own personal touch, these
dreamlike landscapes, The exhibition presented at Cernuschi, entitled “Painting apart from the world”, plunges visitors from the entrance into a soothing celadon green, conducive to contemplation.

The Rosa Bonheur team is opening a new 4500 m2 barge with swimming pool at the port of Javel bas, in the 15éme arrondissement of Paris. Guinguette, swimming pool, solarium and sports areas, all moored in front of the André Citroën park, If the opening is scheduled for spring 2022 on the port of Javel bas, not sure that the Seine will be swimmable by then,, anyway check it out !! Rosa is good !

Les Habits de Lumière, from December 10 to 12 2021 in Epernay (51), On the program, video-mappings, events and illuminations on Avenue de Champagne, champagne bars, gourmet workshops and many other festive events! The most sparkling of the events of this end of the year revolves around three highlights: the festive evenings on Friday evening and Saturday evening on the avenue de Champagne , the day of Saturday placed under the sign of gastronomy with Habits de Saveurs and finally, the legendary Sunday automobile parade to close these three days of festivities around the Champagne art of living. Great town great Champagne.

The illuminations of the Champs-Élysées await you from November 21, 2021 until January 9, 2022! This year, Clara Luciani inaugurated the festivities, to make the most beautiful avenue in the world even more resplendent! For Christmas 2021, the City of Paris is once again setting up a Christmas village on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville or City/Town Hall, with a mini Christmas market and free rides from
December 2021 to January 2022 The Avenue Montaigne will be lit up with a thousand lights from November 17, 2021 to celebrate the Christmas holidays! Sparkling Christmas trees, magical decor and shops open every Sunday, December is going to be festive on Avenue Montaigne! This year, the Comité
Montaigne unveils a new program called Christmas Montaigne . The Faubourg Saint-Honoré lights up as Christmas approaches. Do not miss this bright and magical show from November 18, 2021 to January 30, 2022 with, the icing on the cake, the return of the Christmas raffle, in favor this year of the association Imagine for Margo The Forum des Halles is launching the start of its festive illuminations and decorations
with its giant tree 22 meters high. See you this November 20, 2021 for the inauguration in a festive atmosphere in the presence of the singer-songwriter and dancer, Bilal Hassani!

Some news from France, CCCLIII December 13 2021 !!! The bicentennial of the birth of the author of ‘Madame Bovary’ is celebrated in France with discretion, perhaps because he never fit into the category of the great national writer, Gustave Flaubert had a relationship with his hometown, Rouen, that ranged between love and hate. It is not surprising that, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, which is celebrated this past Sunday, Rouen dedicates a discreet tribute to the most peculiar of the prodigal children You can visit the house where he was born, in the so-called Hôtel-Dieu, a small mansion attached to the old Rouen hospital, where his father worked as chief surgeon. Today it houses a museum dedicated to his memory, as endearing as it is dusty, full of those relics. The aura of the place is relative: his childhood room is a reconstruction of 1923 where he settled after being acquitted of the immorality trial caused by Madame Bovary, which made him a literary star at 35, but also a public enemy the studio where he spent 15 years signing his three great novels, five years for each title: Madame Bovary, Salambó and La sentimental education “Man is nothing; the work is everything ”, said Flaubert, foreshadowing the death of the author that Barthes decreed in 1968. Mario Vargas Llosa and Orhan Pamuk admit that they owe him everything. Also Annie Ernaux, a Norman like him. “He was my first teacher, my first model,” he confessed a couple of years ago on the couch in his house. For Leila Slimani, literary star of the latest batch, Flaubert continues to be “the only one, the true one, the best of all.” Indeed, if you are a writer need to visit here! Museum in Rouen

Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece traveled several times through France under Nazi occupation. An exhibition at the Château de Chambord traces its travels and those of tens of thousands of works of art, sheltered during the war. The Château de Chambord has just inaugurated a new room, dedicated to the little-known history of works of art that moved during WWII, with a focus on the Mona Lisa. It’s a strange convoy that leaves the Louvre September 27, 1938. It is 6h and a truck is driving very slowly on the cobblestones of the square courtyard. Its load is very heavy. And most precious. Ten paintings, the most prestigious in the Louvre, which take the direction of the Château de Chambord (Loir-et-Cher 41) to be sheltered. Among them, the most famous of all, the Mona Lisa. This trip, made in emergency when Hitler has just invaded the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia bordering Germany, and nothing seems to stop it, is the first in a long series for Mona Lisa. Ten displacements, in total, during the duration of the conflict in the north, the west and the south of France. All worth it thanks to those who did it.

During these end-of-year celebrations, discover the Musée du Jouet or Toy Museum (see post) in Poissy
(Yvelines 78). It traces the life of toys from Antiquity to the present day, through 600 objects on display. And offers entertainment throughout the month of December. discover all kinds of toys in this
pretty museum , such as the Nicolas and Pimprenelle dolls which have made several generations of children dream with “Teddies”. The little cow made of wood and papier-mâché, covered with goatskin, moans when pressed on its back. An ingenious fabrication from 1878. With a funnel, children could pour milk inside to milk it. Marguerite Yourcenar had fun with this luxurious ruminant, offered at Christmas to children of middle-class families. This little realistic cow is enthroned in a display case at the Toy Museum
, in the middle of 600 nuggets, dating from Antiquity to the present day .

In the national domain of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, (see post) soon the rebirth of the large basin, Disappeared throughout history, this architectural element will be reconstructed in the coming months to allow the park to regain its original perspective, A huge circular pool 50 meters in diameter surmounted by a large jet of water. This is what the end of the large parterre will soon look like in the national domain of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines 78). It is in fact a question of reproducing the perspective imagined by André Le Nôtre at the request of Louis XIV in the second half of the 17C, when the castle of Saint-Germain where he was born was still the main royal residence.

Some news from France, CCCLIV December 28 2021 !!! The Château and the Grandes Ecuries of Chantilly, will be the setting for three shows during the end of the year celebrations. The equestrian show “Alana and the city of Opal” at the Grandes Écuries. A show written and directed by Virginie Bienaimé, especially for Christmas, telling the story of a young girl who wants to stand on her own feet and goes in search of the mythical Amazons. A creation which brings together around fifteen horses, their riders and riders, and which it is always possible to go and applaud at the Grandes Écuries until January 2 2022.

Marcel Proust, a Parisian at the Carnavalet Museum, the author of “In Search of Lost Time” has spent most of his life in Paris. For the first time, an exhibition examines the close links between the city and the writer. examining the links between Marcel Proust and the city of Paris, where the writer was born and where he spent most of the fifty-one years of his existence. Marcel Proust, a Parisian novel is rich, very rich. Period photos, paintings, handwritten documents, advertising posters, furniture, fashion accessories .. A total of 280 pieces are on display, some of which have never been shown to the public The first part looks at the Paris where the author lived. From the apartment in Auteuil, where he was born, in 1871, to that in rue Hamelin, not far from the Arc de Triomphe, where he died, in 1922, the writer has never left the right bank of Paris. He knew seven homes, all located in the 16éme and 8éme arrondissements, where most of social life took place. Proust was fundamentally a Parisian !

The New Year’s concert at Saint-Germain des Prés Church, Come and listen to the Great New Year’s Concert, La Voix du Ciel, The 4 Seasons by Vivaldi, Meditation by Thaïs by Massenet, and great opera arias such as Mozart, Handel , Puccini, Verdi, Bellini … Great New Year’s Concert Saint-Germain des Prés Church 3 place Saint-Germain-des-Prés 6éme, The Madeleine New Year’s concert. For those who will be in the fittest, this great concert will take place … on January 1, the day after a New Year’s Eve that may have been too wet. But don’t stop at nothing! Go listen to Les Valses de Strauss played by the Hélios orchestra, to start the year 2022 on a good note. New Year’s concert Madeleine Church, Place de la Madeleine 8éme.

There you go folks, another dandy news from my belle France. I am back at you and glad to condense these posts into one for the future in my blog, Again, hope you enjoy this post on some news from France ,July to December 2021 as I

And remember, happy travels, good health,and many cheers to all !!!