Ahhhh, Paris, beautiful, beautiful Paris. When I finally had an opportunity to go there for 2-1/2 months in 1987, I had a list of places to see, many were taken from "A Moveable Feast." I just wanted to stand outside places he and others of interest to me, and just take them in. Walking the streets he walked mattered. I was pinching every centime and would walk across half the city rather than take the Metro. One of the early long walks included a stretch down the Boulevard Montparnasse, begun by going by the Dome and Rotonde, then walked and walked, surprised by the distance, to the Closerie de Lilas, recalling Hemingway once saying the people hanging out at the Dome and Rotonde never went there. I poked my head in the door of the crowded Closerie, but it was too expensive. The pleasure here was making that left turn and looking at the statue of Ney, as Hemingway had described, before making my way back to the place I was staying at near Palais Royale. Yeah, making that turn and looking up at Mike Ney, as Hemmingway called him, was a base to tag and a delight before heading down to the Luxembourg on the way back. That was quite a hike, but a productive one. I fell in love with Paris, and it is, as Hemingway said, a moveable feast that always stayed with me.
My God, how I miss Paris, particularly during this interminable Covid lockdown! I actually spent part of my childhood in the 6e Arrondissement and regularly played in the Luxembourg Garden. Paris is always a moveable feast, whether you're a young child or an old man, and everything in-between. Once the quarantine ends, Paris is first on my list!!
I as well. I lived for 14 years in Germany and spent a lot of time in Paris and hands down its my favorite city and home to some of my favorite writers.
I am an Indian living in Delhi. I have seen Paris in movies..read Hemingway....Paris is my dream...being from lower middle class Indian family ....it's not easy...I have started travel vlogging..let's see when I will be in Paris..I am 30 now....want to reach young in Paris...I will have tears in my eyes whenever I am there...loved the video thanks.
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When I read Paris is a moveable Feast I dreamt about traveling to Paris. I researched a little bit on RU-vid and found your video which is my absolut favorite. I watched it so often and I still do. When I finally went to Paris and visit these places I had tears in my eyes.
Nice video indeed. A detail: the building labelled Le Louvre (right bank) in the first minute is actually the Gare d'Orsay (left bank), now Musée d'Orsay. It matters because when Hemingway was living in Paris, in the 1920s, this beautiful building was indeed a railways station. I suppose he had opportunities to travel from Paris to Chartres, or Orléans, precisely from Gare d'Orsay
Thank you for this video. I’ve read almost everything of Hemingway, been four times in Paris. Except the library and caffe de Flore, I wasn’t able to find any other place where he lived or stayed. Now I have a full list for the next visit! Great job!
Mon écrivain préféré avec Bukowski. D'ailleurs le nouveau livre de Bukowski vient de paraitre sur Am az on. Le titre c'est Le Glas Ne Sonne Pour Personne. pour ceux qui aime le Buk, je le recommande vraiment..
GReat video, BTW i believe at 2:43 it wasn't Scott, but his daughter "scotty" who urinate as a child at the time, as it's writing at "A Moveable Feast". BUT You might be talking about another event. Fitzgerald several times looked for Hemingway when drunk, accord to Hem himself.
Well done, dear fellow. My wife and I have traipsed through the City repeatedly and do so love it. You did justice to Hemingway's haunts, Sir. Never mind the odd, minor error as has been reported by others. The overall effect tugs at our heart strings. Is that you sipping a sidecar at Harry's? We'll meet you there for a second round once this infernal pandemic ends. Be well 'til then, my newfound friend.
@@ninehostages7790 Nonsense, you're a spring chicken. Haha,...we're '52 babies ourselves, born in the upper Midwest (America). After the kids got out of college we started to travel abroad occasionally. Books on Hemingway's early days guided our steps past places featured in your fine video. (Really, it's first rate.) Anyway, it's no exaggeration to say that we fell in love all over again in Paris. And Ireland. Have you done anything on it? God, I love that country.
Sorry about my tardiness in responding, got a few distractions. We visit Ireland frequently and I’ve done lots on Ireland, but perhaps these two might interest you. Look for Beautiful Ireland by Drone under nine hostages, or Skellig Michael 3. They’re a little different
Great video and historical overview. As an ex-pat writer living in Paris, I would be remiss not to say be careful about the French pronunciations. A few examples: Simone de BO - VOIR, not do BO -VIER, and the booky NISTES, not booky AIGNES. French culture is nothing if not its beautiful language, even if we are all suckers trying to pronounce it correctly.
Thanks for the helpful comments Samuel. I always knew I was probably ill-treating Bouquinistes, but was caught off by de Beauvoir as I said it as I've always (wrongly) heard it. It IS a beautiful language and a rich culture, I envy you your time in Paris
You're dead right Eddie. Editing slip. That photo was of Hemingway with Col Lanham in Germany in 1944, after which the Colonel became ill with pneumonia. Col David Bruce, OSS commander, is actually on the extreme left of the following photo.
@ 11:33 about 100 meters before the Relais Odeon on the right is the Cafe Procope where famous Enlightenment thinkers met. Just across from that is the Cour de Rohan where Ignaz Guillotin lived and where the beheading machine that bears his name was first built and constructed with the aid of a piano builder.
Having lived there for a year as a young man, everything Hemingway said about Paris is true. At 0:54-:55 you have the Gare d'Orsay pictured but mistakenly described as the Louvre. At 7:45--7:52, Hemingway is pictured with Col. Buck Lanham, not David Bruce.
Thanks for this Marc, good catches. If you look through the comments, you’ll see I’ve already fessed up to both these errors in responses to MM, Eddie Naughton, and Tyler Dundon. Incidentally Col David Bruce features in the very next photo! Well done, and thanks for looking.
Scott, you’re dead right! I already fessed up to this error in my response to Tyler. But I’m impressed you guys spotted it, and amazed it took over 17,000 viewings before it was picked up, because it’s a pretty glaring error. I’ll fix it in the master copy.
@ 8:45 "Simone de Beauvier"?! At least you didn't say "Bouvier" i.e., Jackie Kennedy-Onassis which is probably what you were thinking. Her name was actually "Beauvoir" (bow-vwar). I hate it when people make documentary videos and make no effort to get the pronunciation of foreign words correct. "Luxembourg" was OK! "Bouquinistes" terrible! (boo-key-neest)
You’re right MM. Good catch. If you look through the comments you’ll see I fessed up to that error about a year ago when it was pointed out by Eddie Naughton. As I pointed out then, Col David Bruce is actually on the left in the following picture. Thanks for watching.
A great tour, to be sure, but despite the prestige British [or maybe posh Dublin] accent, the poor pronunciation, at times dyslexic, of French names and locations -and depicting le Musée d'Orsay as le Musée du Louvre- detract from the presentation. At least it's seemingly an actual human voice, a thing you can't always count on these days on RU-vid.
