What’s Left of Hemingway’s Paris in 2021 [Part I]

- - - The romanticism of the 1920s Paris described in Ernest Hemingway's "A moveable feast" seems worlds away from today's Paris under semi-lockdown. Can I find the magic of Hemingway's Paris by retracing Hemingway's steps?

In this video, I explore Hemingway's old haunts in the Latin Quarter, around the Seine, the cafés near the Boulevard du Montparnasse, and Saint-Germain-des-Près. Sorry for the choppy edits, I'm still getting the hang of this editing thing. I decided to quit being a perfectionist and just upoad the video! I've now made a follow-up video where I cover the later parts of Hemingway's life.

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00:00 Introduction
02:45 ​Hemingway in the Latin Quarter
04:23 Hemingway in Montparnasse
06:07 Hemingway in Saint Germain des Près

Itinerary 1)

- Place de la Contrescarpe

- Hemingway's First apartment: 71 rue Cardinal Lemoine

- Down the rue Cardinal Lemoine to the Seine

- Pont de Sully (Sully Bridge)

- Detour by the Square Barye on the Île Saint Louis

- Shakespeare and Company Bookstore (3:23 minute mark)

- Notre Dame

Itinerary 2)

- Café le Dôme

- Café la Rotonde

- 113 rue Notre Dame des Champs (4:55 minute mark)
(Hemingway's second apartment - no longer there)

- La Closerie des Lilas (5:15 minute mark)
(now more a restaurant than a café)

- Statue of Maréchal/Marshall Ney

- Jardins de Luxembourg / Luxembourg Gardens (5:40 minute mark)

- 6 rue Férou
(Hemingway's third apartment - not in video)

Itinerary 3)

- Brasserie Lipp

- Café Les Deux Magots

- Café de Flore

- Eglise de Saint Germain des Près (Church)

- Restaurant Le Pré aux Clercs

- Hôtel d'Angleterre (Formerly Jacob et d'Angleterre)

Itineraries are based loosely on Walks in Hemingway's Paris by Noël Riley Fitch. The book has more itineraries including the Rive Droite (Hôtel Ritz Bar) etc... but this video is focused on Hemingway's first days in Paris as a young man.

Note: When this video was published, we were under semi-lockdown where bars, restaurants, and cafés were closed. We were allowed to venture within 10 kilometers of our home between 6am and 7pm.

Hope you enjoyed!

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[RespectfullyReal]

Thank you for sharing your video it was lovely! And served as a wonderful way to better introduce my son to Ernest Hemingway and the places he loved. (He's a pre-teen as has little interest/attention in such things. So your shorter and direct style was perfect!) Seeing the locations differences and likenesses between today and the brilliance of the roaring 1920s was also a charming touch. I'm a descendant of Ernest Hemingway and this was a fun opportunity to teach my son about his family lineage. I hope you will continue to make more videos similar to this. Maybe another including Ernest and some of his more recognized friends such as Picasso, the Fitzgeralds, etc. Try to set your perfectionism aside and allow yourself to enjoy your artistic outlet. You did a great job putting this together! But I too struggle with perfectionism and can naturally relate. Best wishes and I hope to see more from you. Cheers

[hushiechan]

I will definitely read this book before going to Paris by the end of this year 💘

[alexchambers]

I enjoyed the virtual walk with you around town! Paris me manque trop ! 💕

[bughead]

Found your channel through reddit. Love this content. Subscribed. Keeping going with this.

[hushiechan]

I love your Channel! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and sharing knowledge as well 🥂✨

[patstreet]

Thanks for the interesting tour and information.

[padmajavenkataraman]

This is so soothing and enriching. Can't wait for the next video. :)

[cchhrriiss]

Great video! Hope to see you in Paris soon!

[boganmlp]

Good job. Do another vid now that covid is mostly gone. Marshall Ney survived the Russia campaign, and the Waterloo Campaign. He was executed by the Royalists after Napoleon was overthrown the second time.

[frenchartantiquesparis]

A lot is left....! All the resturants, hotels and bars.... still there.

[robcoghan]

I live in Princeton, Paris is my favorite place, I have read this book and several others I am not a Poppa fan. I will be back when it is rational.

[chrismclaughlin-gtix]

Closing of The Cafes being
"Nessessary " May Not Age Well.