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Version 7 – July 23, 2024 17:08

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  • Name: Aix-en-Provence
  • Search name: Aix-en-Provence, France

Version 6 – July 23, 2024 16:36

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  • Stories of Provence: theatrical tour in Aix-en-Provence
  • Stories of Provence: Walking tour with an actor-guide

Version 5 – July 22, 2024 16:48

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  • Name: Paris
  • Search name: Paris, France

Version 3 – July 22, 2024 16:42

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  • Soak up the brilliant sun and bright hues of the South of France, long celebrated in song and story. Two tales from this special place will illuminate your sense of its breathtaking landscape and colorful culture. Two famous French tellers of tales, Jean Giono and Alphonse Daudet, so different in tone but so close in their love of the land, will leave you yourself enamored of Provence and its people.
  • Discover Jean Giono, one of literary France’s giants, whose long list of works have often lit up the silver screen, showing the world the wonders of his beloved birthplace. The story you will hear, The Man Who Planted Trees, is a hymn to the flora and fauna of this region, with a strong ecological consciousness, though written in 1953. An allegory of the beauty of nature, both its fragility and its power, its ability to both heal and be healed. The tale will speak to all of us, with its profound lesson of learning the importance of our place within the web of earth’s creation.
  • Delight in Daudet’s fable, set further back in a timeless nineteenth-century, which tells of a lonely goat and her owner Monsieur Seguin. In his care, Blanchette has everything a goat could hope for, except for a rope at her neck. How she stares at the mountain beyond! How it calls to her to break loose and run free! Then one day, she does. What will happen when she gains those heights only to meet with a wolf? Generations of French children have heard the tale over and again to the same enjoyment, with its wisdom for the ages.
  • These stories are deeply beloved in Provence and by readers everywhere in France and beyond. Come discover them all over again in this richest of homeland settings. 
  • Immerse yourself in the enchanting streets of Paris, where every corner holds a tale, and every cobblestone whispers secrets of the past. On this unique walking tour, you will embark on a journey through time, led by none other than Ernest Hemingway himself, the literary giant who once roamed these very streets.
  • In the Paris of the Roaring Twenties, Hemingway discovered a community of fellow expatriates, united by a shared hunger for truth and beauty in a world plagued by uncertainty. Paris offered a canvas upon which they could reimagine themselves. Here, amidst the swirling smoke of jazz clubs and the heady aroma of espresso, they found inspiration, and were drawn to the city's magnetic allure like moths to a flame.
  • Hemingway will tell you of his contemporaries and friends. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the embodiment of the Jazz Age, whose pen painted vivid portraits of excess and disillusionment. Gertrude Stein, the indomitable patron of the arts, whose salon became a sanctuary for aspiring writers and avant-garde thinkers. And Ezra Pound, the enigmatic poet and mentor, whose guidance shaped the literary landscape of the 20th century.
  • Hemingway would sit for hours at the iconic cafés and bars of Montparnasse and the Latin Quarter, penning his thoughts. Whether tucked away in a corner at La Closerie des Lilas, or soaking up the ambience at Les Deux Magots or Le Dôme, Hemingway's keen eye and sharp wit transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary.  You'll meander through narrow alleys, where Hemingway's footsteps echo alongside the ghosts of his contemporaries, and stroll through the Luxembourg Gardens that he loved so much. We’ll also stop at the  legendary bouquinistes, where he would often linger, searching for hidden treasures among the stacks of old manuscripts.
  • Don’t miss this unique opportunity to explore Hemingway's Paris, and immerse yourself in the captivating literary and artistic realm of inter-war Paris that influenced a generation of creatives and left an enduring mark on our cultural heritage.
Highlights
  • delight in their perceptive messages underlying the enchantment of their words, delve into the works of two of france’s most beloved literary masters, enjoy a unique walking tour led by a professional actor, meet blanchette, the goat who has charmed french schoolchildren for ages, see provence through the eyes of two of her native sons.
  • discover the paris that hemingway loved and immortalised in his literature, enjoy a unique walking tour led by a professional actor, explore the charming streets and parks of the iconic latin quarter, hear anecdotes about his colourful life and fascinating contemporaries

Version 2 – July 22, 2024 16:41

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  • Stories of Provence: Walking tour with an actor-guide
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  • Breathe in the light and color of Provence, an inspiration to artists for centuries. Get to know this land through her storytellers, Giono and Daudet, with their deep feel for her nature and poetry.
  • Live a moment like the Lost Generation on this walking tour of Paris from Ernest Hemingway himself. As the writer, our actor-guide takes you through the streets, bars and cafés he made famous.

Version 1 – July 22, 2024 16:39

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  • Explore Hemingway’s Paris with an Actor-Guide - Clone
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