A Passion for Paris: Romance at Bagatelle David Downie, March 2015 Were Romance and Romanticism in Paris born at the Bagatelle, possibly the…
The life and times of critically acclaimed author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
A Passion for Paris: Romance at Bagatelle David Downie, March 2015 Were Romance and Romanticism in Paris born at the Bagatelle, possibly the…
Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 14: A Bang-Up Meal at the Lion d'Or and we're off… These blog posts…
Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 13: The View from Vezelay or Religion vs Secularism in France These blog posts…
Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 12: Asquins, Homely Sister of Vezelay These blog posts are taken directly from my…
Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 11: Finitude, Crusaders at the Chapel of La Cordelle in Vezelay These blog posts are…
Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 9: Meditations on the Fabled Porch (Narthex) and Nave of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene…
Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 7: Vézelay, relics, and the pilgrimage-tourist trade These blog posts are taken directly from…
Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques These blog posts are taken directly from my…
If you've been following this blog you know that when Alison Harris and I set out to cross France we started in Vezelay (well,…
Andrew Riggsby, Professor of Classics and Art History at The University of Texas, Austin is an expert on Rome and Roman history (among the…