Why 52 BC? Keep reading and you’ll find out. It’s one of the key dates in the history of Paris (hint: it’s also…
The life, times, adventures, books, and other passions, of bestselling author David Downie in Paris and Rome, France and Italy.
Category: Vercingetorix
800×600 Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 16: Vercingetorix at the strange local history museum in Saint Pere sous Vezelay…
Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 4 to To Vezelay on a Toy Train These blog posts are taken directly from…
Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 3 Paris Prelude cont.: Paris Underground These blog posts are taken directly from my…
Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 2 Paris Prelude cont.: Rue St Jacques These blog…
“An entertaining read… fabulous company!”—Jacki Lyden, NPR All Things Considered Friends, family and others not yet known to this writer were stunned yesterday, Sunday,…
The other day Alison and I walked the pilgrimage route — Rue Saint Jacques — across Paris again, this time with cameras and tape recorders…
Anyone who thinks the modern French are not still obsessed by the tragiheroic figure of Vercingetorix ought to think again. This is the guy who…