Glimpse

Notre Dame Cathedral just visible across the river beyond shimmering trees and bouquiniste stalls.

Day trip: Musée Camille Claudel

Newly opened Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine is just an hour and a half away from Paris and on the way to Troyes, restored to its medieval splendor and gateway to the Champagne region.

Lunch:
AU NUMERO VINS
(wine / charcuterie-foie gras-cheese planches one-minute walk from museum)
5 Rue de l'Étape au Vin 10400 Nogent-sur-Seine

 

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“There is always something absent that torments me.” Camille Claudel in a letter to Auguste Rodin 1886

Being a muse is not as easy as it looks. With the opening of France’s first national museum dedicated to the talent of Rodin’s tormented assistant / mistress, Camille Claudel (1864-1943) has finally received the recognition that she has long deserved. - BPJ

Museum dedicated to the work and times of Camille Claudel 

Article: The Good Life France Magazine

 

More hysteria

Violet wisteria frames a garage door in Montmartre.

Wisteria hysteria

   

Pink wisteria cascades over a wall on a Montmartre side street.

Architecture class

University students work on an assignment under arches on the Place des Vosges.

Le Sentier

Beautiful cobbled street in the Sentier quarter, the old garment district of Paris.

Saint Sauveur

Corner of rues Saint Sauveur and Montorgueil market street with graffiti.