"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved"... Il n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie,…read morec'est d'aimer et d'être aimé. - French Poet
Paris, France: The above one of my all time favorites. In French, romance can have tragic endings too, as in film noir and the love for dueling over a pretty French lady lol. For me, I'm very passionate in life and love, but in all honesty probably would never duel over anyone, well unless said name ends with Jolie ;D
Musée de la Vie Romantique ahh a museum that resonates of the era of Romanticism. A time of emphasis on emotion and individualism, idealization of nature, suspicion of science and industrialization, and glorification of the past with a strong preference for the medieval rather than the classical.
Ahh... to live George Sand was the pen name of Amantine Lucile Dupin. She lived by her own words, having affairs with several of her literary contemporaries and the occasional commoner too. Nothing like French love affairs, eh? Today she a HO!
Musée de la Vie Romantique has to be one of my favorite small museums in Paris. Don't expect the Louvre here, but expect a very intimate experience as you walk around in an old mansion built before the era of Romanticism. Each creak in the stairs a story that once was, each artifact in the case a story within a story. Sounds cliché but only if the walls could talk!
If you have the Paris Museum Pass, which I highly recommend, entering this intimate museum is absolutely free! So get the pass and be Parisian in the City of Love! II n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie, c'est d'aimer et d'être aimé... ahh to love and be loved.
In the end, I recommend Musée de la Vie Romantique in Paris. It's probably not for everyone, but you don't have to be a Romance Novelist or Casanova to enjoy the intimate history here. Oh! And do enjoy the Tea room in a timeless Victorian era Greenhouse! I enjoyed my tea with all the old French ladies there checking out moi lol! Musée de la Vie Romantique a treasure from a bygone era! Je t'aime!
"I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you.
Then I saw that you were not perfect, and I loved you even more..." *Le sigh*