Our itinerary today was a hard choice between Malmaison, the Chateau where Napolean and Josephine lived and Auvers-sur-Oise where Vincent van Gogh lived during the last months of his life. Jerry and I chose the latter. I've been interested in van Gogh and his work since I was in Amsterdam on a previous river cruise. A statute of van Gogh stands by the City Hall in Auvers.
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An impoverished artist, van Gogh only sold one painting during his life and depended on financial assistance from his brother Theodore to continue to paint. The last 3 months of his life were spent in the little town of Auvers, where a statute of him stands by the City Hall. He rented a VERY tiny room at the Auberge Ravoux, which is now a restaurant, but the room has remained unchanged his death in 1890.
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One of my favorites was the Notre Dame d'Auvers at Auvers-sur-Oise. The small inserts are the actual painting.
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Another was of the winding path up to the church.
Van Gogh was one of several well-known artists - Pissaro, Corot and Cezanne.
Three years after van Gogh's death, his brother Theo whom he loved dearly, passed away. Twenty-five years later, Theo's widow had his body exhumed from his burial site
site in Utrecht and had him buried beside his beloved brother, where she felt he belonged.
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Tonight was the Captain's Farewell Dinner so we felt it would be a good time to have this group photo taken on the stairs in the AmaLegro's reception area.
At 9 pm we arrived in Paris and had a spectacular view of the dazzling Eiffel Tower from the ship's Sun Deck.
Tomorrow morning we leave the AmaLegro, our home for the past 7 days and transfer to our hotel in Paris.
Linda
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