Midnight in Paris by Aidana Sanbayeva https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp Tourist Attractions en-us 2018-11-22 04:15:34 UTC 2024-12-18 16:45:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png Midnight in Paris aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306904551
One of the greatest strengths of Woody Allen’s 2011 film Midnight in Paris is that it functions like a dream tour of Paris, tapping into the way in which Gil  perceives and romanticizes the city.
Lightweight but hugely enjoyable whimsy from Woody Allen, as writer and nostalgia fan Gil (Owen Wilson) gets a first-hand taste of Jazz Age Paris.]]> 2018-11-22 04:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306904551 Monet’s Garden aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905255 The film truly begins with Gil in the garden of impressionist painter Claude Monet in Giverny. As Gil marvels at the garden, his fiancée is quick to shut him down. “You’re in love with a fantasy,” she tells him. But the gardens in Giverny are no fantasy at all. Located just over an hour outside Paris, Claude Monet’s gardens are available for public viewing. Visitors can see Giverny simply by taking a reasonably priced shuttle bus from Paris. Once there, stroll the gardens that inspired some of the world’s most famous impressionist paintings — all for just 9.50 euros.]]> 2018-11-22 04:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905255 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905633 2018-11-22 04:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905633 Château de Versailles aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905732 Versailles is France’s center of political power from 1682 until the beginnings of the French Revolution in 1789 – is one of the world’s most extravagant sights to behold. The palace is just a 40-minute drive outside Paris, and can also be accessed by rail. A combination pass to all three of the Château de Versailles tours — the palace grounds, the Trianon palaces, and Marie Antoinette’s estate — costs 18 euros. For all the history and breathtaking sights you’ll take in, this is a bargain.]]> 2018-11-22 04:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905732 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905929 2018-11-22 04:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306905929 Église Saint-Étienne du Mont Church aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906107 It is on the front steps of the Église Saint-Étienne du Mont that Gil is first whisked away to the world of the 1920s and finds himself returning to every night in order to experience the era he romanticizes. Also located centrally in Paris, Église Saint-Étienne du Mont contains the shrine of Saint Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris. What you miss out on in the film is the the cathedral’s elegant interior, but be mindful as you tour; masses are still observed here throughout the week. After you’ve seen the stunning interior, take a seat on the outdoor steps to mimic one of the most surreal scenes in the film. ]]> 2018-11-22 04:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906107 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906339 2018-11-22 04:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906339 Le Polidor aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906523 It is at Le Polidor that Gil meets his idol, Ernest Hemingway, in a location that truly did house some of the greatest writers of the 1920s. 
The Polidor is one of the most popular restaurants on the Left Bank. Its interior has basically unchanged since the late 19th century, and the style of cooking is mostly from that era. It was frequented by many famous artistic and literary figures such as James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Antonin Artaud, Jack Kerouac, and Henry Miller.

]]> 2018-11-22 04:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906523 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906733 2018-11-22 04:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306906733 Maxim’s de Paris aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306907777 When Gil declares his love for Adriana in the 1920s, a horse-drawn carriage soon picks them up and sends them even further into the past — the 1890s, which happens to be what Adriana considers the greatest era. From there, they are taken to Maxim’s de Paris where they meet Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and soon after Paul Gauguin and Edgar Degas before going to the Moulin Rouge.
Maxim’s de Paris, founded in 1893, is a bistro located just off the Champs-Élysées. Ever since its founding, Maxim’s has been a celebrity hotspot, attracting the greatest minds of its time. Known visitors over the decades include Jean Cocteau, Marcel Proust, and Aristotle Onassis, among many others.]]> 2018-11-22 04:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306907777 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908091 2018-11-22 04:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908091 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908127 2018-11-22 04:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908127 Shakespeare and Company aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908376 Shakespeare and Company, the small, crumbling bookshop on Paris's Left Bank, may be the most famous bookstore in the world.
It was the first place to publish the entirety of James Joyce’s Ulysses when no one else would, and for decades it has been an informal living room – and sometimes a bedroom – for many of the most revered figures in contemporary literature: Ernest Hemingway and F Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Durrell and Anaïs Nin.

]]> 2018-11-22 04:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908376 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908957 2018-11-22 05:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306908957 Pont Alexandre III aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306909063 After Gil finally breaks up with Inez with the all-too-obvious realization that him and Inez are not at all meant for each other, Gil decides to move to Paris and runs into antiques dealer Gabrielle on the Pont Alexandre III late one night.
The Pont Alexandre III bridge, adorned with ornate sculptures and golden leafing, cuts across the Seine right in central Paris, connecting the city’s Champs-Élysées quarter with the Eiffel Tower quarter. Paris is the city of love, and these are arguably its two most quintessentially romantic sections.]]> 2018-11-22 05:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306909063 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306909451 2018-11-22 05:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306909451 aidana260600 https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306909485 2018-11-22 05:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aidana260600/8blteqflucqp/wish/306909485