Following in Hemingway’s footsteps leads to a great taste (burp!) of Paris

Me in Ernest Hemingway's designated seat at Closerie des Lilas in Paris' Montparnasse district.

Hopefully, his old surroundings would inspire me. That’s why I left the apartment and went searching for Hemingway. He spent most of his Paris life right around my neighborhood in the Latin Quarter. His two apartments are just up Rue Monge from me. The first is on a quiet side street next to the Cafe Bo LeDescantes. A small plaque next to a bright blue door indicates the second-story apartment window where he spent some of his life in 1920-21. Ugly construction equipment mars any kind of romantic reminiscence.

Hemingway later moved into this flat above the door not far away on Rue Descartes.
Hemingway later moved into this flat above the door not far away on Rue Descartes.

The second apartment is just around the corner on Rue Descartes. He obviously upgraded. Two big, ornately decorated black doors lead into a bright, white apartment building with 19th century guardrail on all the balconies. A tony, romantic cafe, La Maison de Verlaine, is right below it.

Even in his 20s, Hemingway owned Paris.
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