Coffee Culture Tourism: Paris Left Bank (II)

Walking on the left bank, you walk into a cafe and may inadvertently sit on the chair where Hemingway sat, under the lamp that Sartre wrote, and in the window where Picasso was in a daze. Around the oldest St. Germain Cathedral, there is the earliest Cafe Flo (cafedeFiore, also known as the Cafe of Flowers), which and the nearby Demag Restaurant (AuyDeuxMagots) is the place where the famous philosopher Sartre and his lover Haihuangpova spend almost every day. Now Sartre's quotation is still printed on the menu of the cafe: "the nerve of freedom comes from the road of Flower God."... " . The nearby Rip Beer Tavern is the place where Andre Phantom and his French magazine writers meet regularly to discuss their writing experiences, and it is also a place where Saint Laurent often dabbles.

On Montparnasse Street, not far from the cathedral, the famous clove cafe (cafedegirofle) is another important party center. Russian-born French writer Chagall, American Henry Miller, Irish Joyce, musician Stravinsky, writer Hemingway and painter Picasso all worked in this so-called "literary cafe" before they became famous. This group of writers and artists gather around the so-called "Prince of Poets" Paul Fowle, where they gather every Tuesday night. It was here that Hemingway conceived the idea of "the Sun still Rises". So far, the clove Cafe still keeps a "Hemingway chair" and a signature dish called Hemingway Pepper Steak.

Not far from here is the "double Cafe" (cafedecoupole). "dual" was originally a popular farce, so the coffee shop was named "double Cafe". Sartre and his girlfriend Simone often patronize here, where Picasso fell in love with Miss Dora Chill at first sight. Sylvia Beach, the female owner of Shakespeare Bookstore, met Joyce here, and Ulysses came out on her recommendation.

In addition, there are Caret, Lauterdo and Dom cafes nearby. During his exile, Lenin often conceived and argued with Trotsky about the Russian revolution in the seat under the bright glass ceiling of Dom Cafe.

Known as one of the two pearl treasures by the Seine, the Osse gallery is located on the left bank. The museum has a large collection of art treasures such as Monet, Picasso and Matisse, the famous painters of the 19th and 20th centuries.

The studio and residence of the famous French painter Delacroix are located on the left bank, the famous sculptor Bushr settled on the left bank, and Rodin also put his graduated works, including "the Thinker", "the Gate of Hell", "the Citizen of Calais" and other "Rodin gallery" on the left bank. And his statue of Balzac in pajamas stands next to Dom Cafe. There are also Hugo, GeorgeSand and the original statue of the Statue of Liberty.

On the left bank, there is also a famous Pantheon, where the sages who have made outstanding contributions to France are buried. They are Rousseau, Hugo, Zola, Voltaire, Jorge and Curie. At the same time, in the Montparnasse Cemetery on the left bank, a large number of cultural celebrities such as Sartre, Maupassant, Rhodes, Portrell and so on are buried. Coincidentally, the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has also settled on the left bank since its establishment.

Today, when the market economy on the right bank of the Champs Elysees and its surrounding neighborhoods is highly prosperous, people tend to feel that something has been lost in this bizarre situation. So they are on the left bank of the Seine, looking for something spiritual, something full of humanism, something enduring from history in the streets, parks, cafes, gallery, and old houses that cultural sages once patronized and satisfied. "wearing the famous brand on the right bank, tasting the coffee on the left bank." People will find real spiritual comfort from this "taste".

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