Lingo Immersions

29/06/2025

Sharon and family (Lille) joined me on my Writers and Legends of the Left Bank tour today.

Temperatures were soaring in Paris but it was nice to end the tour with an ice cream in Angelina’s.

14/06/2025

This lovely group of Francophiles from Philadelphia joined me on my Left Bank tour today.

Check out the Pantheon in the distance. It is where all great French writers, scientists and philosophers are honored.

30/05/2025

Brendan Behan’s tragic voyage to New York. Join me on my Irish Writers tour to discover more.

Review: The deterioration of Behan’s health and talent during his three-year love affair with the US is the subject of a fascinating book

25/05/2025

I love walking around the Latin quarter in Paris. There’s so much history! Great philosophers and thinkers from Montaigne to Simone de Beauvoir.

I even found the house where Simone lived when she wrote the Second S*x. I continued down the street only to see Notre Dame towering above me.

20/05/2025

This happy group from Ireland joined me on my Writers and Legends of the Left Bank tour.

The tour runs every Saturday and Sunday at 14.30 in June. We begin the tour in the charming neighbourhood of St Germain de Prés and finish in the beautiful Luxembourg Gardens.

1.5 hours

25€ per person and a 20€ group rate.

Please D.M. to reserve a place on the tour.

18/04/2025

Join me on my Writers and Legends of the Left Bank tour and discover why all the writers flocked to Paris between the wars.

The tour runs every Saturday and Sunday at 14.30.

16/04/2025

Fascinating discoveries of Roman ruins in
Paris.

There were thermal baths, forums and gladiator contests near where I work at the Sorbonne

I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for more signs from antiquity

There aren’t many regions in Western Europe that were not once occupied by the Romans, and the city of Paris is no exception. When we think of modern day Paris, it’s probably more likely to be medieval marvels such as Notre Dame or Sainte Chapelle, perhaps monuments of the French Renaissance, Cl...

11/04/2025

I would loved to have been in Paris when Brendan Behan lived here. He worked as a house painter while perfecting his verse in Irish.

He followed in the footsteps of James Joyce through the streets of the left bank.

He met Camus and James Baldwin in Les Deux Magots. He enjoyed discussing Existentialism with the philosophers.

Join me on my Writers and Legends of the Left Bank tour to discover more.

https://www.bostonirish.com/commentary/when-paris-brendan-behan

30/03/2025

Beth, Kristin and Stephanie (Chicago) and Andy (Bristol) joined me on my Writers and Legends of the Left Bank tour today.

Beth (far left) was interested in the French philosophers. Don’t be fooled by her walking stick. She could outrun anybody!

Andy was a Henry Miller fan. I was delighted to share stories of the love triangle between him, Anaïs Nin and June.

29/03/2025

I spent a lovely afternoon researching for my new walking tour of Paris.

I will talk about the Viking invasions, show traces of Paris under Roman rule and I will show you the Latin quarter during middle ages.

28/03/2025

I love how this seedy, run down hotel in Paris gave birth to the Beat Generation.

I’m not sure if drugs were the only driving force Allen Ginsberg’s creative genius. I think Paris must have inspired him too.

25/01/2025

I love these photos of Picasso, Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir at Café Flore .

Join me on my Writers and Legends of the Left Bank tour. We will pass this café.

I’ll let you in on some of the topics of conversation.