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Copyrighted Material?

searchI thought I wouldn’t have to deal with copyrighted material….

until the third book, Where Did They Put the Gestapo Headquarters?.

I was wrong.

As I was finishing the manuscript for the first book, I found there were some very important images I would need. After months of searching, I couldn’t find them through my normal channels. What was I going to do?

I thought, where would Leonard Pitt, author of Walks Through Lost Paris, have found his prints of the 1850s photos taken by Marville and Emonds (among others)? So I Googled the Musée Carnavalet in Paris (Carnavalet is the museum dedicated to Paris from its beginnings as Luticia through the mid-1900s; and in particular, the French Revolution).

Jackpot!

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“Raphaelle”: Should You Hire a Professional Tour Guide?

Well I’ve said it before, if you can hire a private guide for trip specific themed walks, do it! What I mean is if you want to visit or explore a specific subject in a city, hire a knowledgeable guide.

Should you hire a professional tour guide?
Stew Ross (center), Raphaelle (left) and Sandy Ross (right) checking facts about the French Revolution as they tour the streets of Versaille. (Photo by Dan Owen)

For our trip to Paris I wanted to visit Versailles – not specifically for the general palace tour (been there, done that) but for the events that were significant to the Revolution. In other words, those events that occurred between May and October 1789. There were three primary events during this time frame: the meeting of the Estates General (4, 5 May), the September massacres (9 September), and the events leading up to the return of the royal family to Paris (5,6, October).

I needed an expert guide for the Versailles segment of our trip. I had researched Paris but decided it would be much more efficient to use the guide for Versailles. Read More “Raphaelle”: Should You Hire a Professional Tour Guide?