A Walk through Paris' Literary History

A Walk through Paris' Literary History

Beginning from the Louvre, we will walk the literary trail that spans a thousand years of Western thought, from the gothic quads of Aquinas, and Descartes, to the haunts of Voltaire, Robespierre, Napoleon and the philosophes who gave rise to revolution and the modern world. From the haunts of Picasso and Hemingway, Pound and Fitzgerald, to the existentialist cafes of Sartre and de Beauvoir, Camus and Beckett, to the publishing house that cultivated the likes of Hemingway,Joyce and the Beat Generation, we will bring to life the art and architecture, philosophy and words of modernity, as we imbibe drinks, words and the spirit of philosophers, artists, writers and poets that made Paris a singular 'moveable feast', and made for Western civilization in all its beauty, errors and promise.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Boulevard St. Germain, Paris France

Beginning at the Arc de Triomphe, and gothic quads of the Louvre, we will head to the Left Bank, seeking the medieval streets of Aquinas, and haunts that bred the French Revolution, beginning with the Procope. And then on to a drink at Cafe Margot, or de Flore, we will imagine the life of Sartre and de Beauvoir, and perhaps contemplate existence, before losing ourselves among the books (and ghosts!) of Shakespeare & Co, and ruins of Notre Dame.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Quartier Montparnasse, Paris France

Beginning at the Arc de Triomphe, and gothic quads of the Louvre, we will head to the Left Bank, seeking the medieval streets of Aquinas, and haunts that bred the French Revolution, beginning with the Procope. And then on to a drink at Cafe Margot, or de Flore, we will imagine the life of Sartre and de Beauvoir, and perhaps contemplate existence, before losing ourselves among the books (and ghosts!) of Shakespeare & Co, and ruins of Notre Dame.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, 37 rue de la Bucherie Quartier Latin, 75005 Paris France

Beginning at the Arc de Triomphe, and gothic quads of the Louvre, we will head to the Left Bank, seeking the medieval streets of Aquinas, and haunts that bred the French Revolution, beginning with the Procope. And then on to a drink at Cafe Margot, or de Flore, we will imagine the life of Sartre and de Beauvoir, and perhaps contemplate existence, before losing ourselves among the books (and ghosts!) of Shakespeare & Co, and ruins of Notre Dame.

Duration: 1 hour