You can learn all about it in the MuséoSeine, in Caudebec. Its highest is 13 feet and it was reported as early as the 19 th century. And a word, I had never heard of, Mascaret: it is a tidal bore wave which takes place in Caudebec en Caux, in the estuary of the Seine in the Spring when the tide is very high. I learned two things: Emile Zola retired to a house in Médan, north west of Paris and used to walk his dog every morning at 7.30 along the Seine. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea, and the cities, tributaries, islands, ports, and bridges in between. There is a chapter on the thousands of films shot on the Seine (Including Midnight in Paris), another one on its numerous small islands and this leads us to the Impressionists all the way to Rouen and Le Havre. Elaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. There is also Paris Plage, when tons of sand were being brought to the banks of the Seine in the summer (no more, it was too expensive) and the special Brigade fluviale, the police of the river which sadly, serves mostly to find bodies, in case of suicides. The French pride themselves on conversing on a lofty plane when.

The Seine The River that Made Paris by Elaine Sciolino. Elaine Sciolino is a graceful, companionable writer, someone who speaks about France in the most enjoyably American way. In Paris, she mentions her friend the bouquiniste Jacky Galloy who helped her find old book editions, the floods of 1910, which were the topic of a fascinating photo exhibition at Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris and the Zouave of Pont de l’Alma, which serves as a measurement for the level of water. Seine by Elaine Sciolino, Dec 31, 2019, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio. La Seine in Paris with Ile de la Cité and Ile Saint Louis

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