Three Chairs in the Luxembourg Garden
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It’s one of our most popular walking tours!
From left to right: Hanna Gressler, Channel Andrews, Wendy Andrews, Imani Andrews
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Four persons joined me yesterday for our walk around the Luxembourg Garden. Founded four hundred years ago by Queen Marie de Médicis, the garden is one of the loveliest in Paris. For me, it is a delight to return to it again and again.
Hanna Gressler, on the left, is summer intern for the Wells International Foundation. The Andrews family hails from Philadelphia.
A good time was had by all!
Queen Marie de Médicis Surveys Her Garden
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Queen Marie de Médicis, who founded the Luxembourg Garden four hundred years ago, surveys her creation. The Luxembourg Palace, which she also built, stands in the background.
Discover Paris! offers a walk of the garden. Called “Black History in and around the Luxembourg Garden,” it recounts the the histories of such luminaries as Richard Wright, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Séjour, and Henry O. Tanner. Learn about the myth of the black Statue of Liberty, and see the contemporary sculpture that commemorates the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.
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On the Way to Le Vésinet
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On Saturday, Samantha John (pictured front and center) and her #Thisis40Paris crew ventured out with our own Monique Y. Wells to take our #JosephineBaker Tour in Le Vésinet. The day started out cool and cloudy, but by the time they emerged from the metro and the RER, they had brilliant sunshine.
A good time was had by all!
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Samantha John’s #ThisIs40Paris Crew
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Our own Monique Y. Wells (kneeling) poses with Samantha John’s #ThisIs40Paris Crew in front of the #ArcDeTriomphe. The group, hailing from Washington DC, Maryland, Philadelphia, and New York, took our #JosephineBaker in Le Vésinet tour today just after this photo was taken. Samantha (third from right) is celebrating her 40th birthday in the #CityOfLight. Last night, the group dined at Les Ombres, a restaurant on the roof of the Quai Branly Museum with a fabulous view of the #EiffelTower.
A good time was had by all!
Traveling to #Paris soon? To learn more about our Entrée to #BlackParis walks, click here: http://discoverparis.net/entree-to-black-paris.
Luxembourg Palace Viewed from the Upper Terrace
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 | Tom Reeves - author of Paris Insights - An Anthology and Dining Out in Paris - What You Need to Know before You Get to the City of Light. |