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Kiri Te Kanawa sings Henri Duparc's "L'invitation au Voyage"

UN VOYAGE.  LE MONT SAINT-MICHEL TO SAINT PETERSBURG

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UN VOYAGE A TRAVERS L'EUROPEl to Saint Petersburg to research Tchaikovsky for The Embrace
(Readers can find the opening chapters of The Embrace: Part One on this website) 

"L'invitation au Voyage" by Charles Baudelaire

Mon enfant, ma soeur,
Songe à la douceur
D'aller là-bas vivre ensemble!
Aimer à loisir,
Aimer et mourir
Au pays qui te ressemble!

VIBRANT PARIS!

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Un voyage en Russie must include lunch at Le Train Blu in the Gare de Lyon.
TOUS A BORD DU TRAIN!.

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"Chopin's Paris" was the first professional, published photographic portfolio using only the G4 iPhone camera, and iPhoto software.  "L'invitation au Voyage" is the journal of a writer crossing Europe.  The old meets the new.

ARRIVÉE A BRUXELLES

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BRUGES, THE VENICE OF THE NORTH.  A FORTY-YEAR-OLD CALVADOS TO BEGIN THE JOURNEY.  CLOS DE LA HURVANIERE ROGER GROULT (DOYEN D'AGE).  SALUT!

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Journey continues on the next page:  L'invitation au Voyage II