Auvers-sur-Oise -- Vincent Van Gogh
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The stone house with blue shutters huh. I'll bet so many dreamers dream of a village house in the countryside just like that. I know we did. As an 'homage' we painted our outside "shed" (read that as 100 years ago the outhouse) in the backyard of our house in the city that color blue.
But I dream...and that blue against the old lichen dressed stone house....
But I dream...and that blue against the old lichen dressed stone house....
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<<I would also be interesting in knowing if anyone has had a meal in Auvers and what they thought of it.>>
Don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, keourac, but we ate at the creperie across the street from the park with the Zadkine statue - Crêperie l'Auversoise. (You can see the sign in your picture of the main street.)
Full disclosure: it was the only place open when we were there.
It was our first introduction to the savory crepes made with the buckwheat flour (galettes). It is hard for me to comment on the quality as it was a different taste for us (crepes here in the States tend to be made with white flour and usually smothered either inside or out with a sauce of some sort), but we all liked it. It was a huge crepe accompanied by a large, plain salad - very filling and really too much for us to eat.
Not many people in there when we first sat down, but filled up while we were there. The owner and his wife were very friendly - and service was good.
Don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, keourac, but we ate at the creperie across the street from the park with the Zadkine statue - Crêperie l'Auversoise. (You can see the sign in your picture of the main street.)
Full disclosure: it was the only place open when we were there.
It was our first introduction to the savory crepes made with the buckwheat flour (galettes). It is hard for me to comment on the quality as it was a different taste for us (crepes here in the States tend to be made with white flour and usually smothered either inside or out with a sauce of some sort), but we all liked it. It was a huge crepe accompanied by a large, plain salad - very filling and really too much for us to eat.
Not many people in there when we first sat down, but filled up while we were there. The owner and his wife were very friendly - and service was good.
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just to let you know, a Van Gogh exhibition is planned for next year in the under renovation Van Gogh fondation in ARLES. This will be terrific
saintremydeprovencetourism.blogspot.fr/2013/07/van-gogh-in-provence-van-gogh.html
saintremydeprovencetourism.blogspot.fr/2013/07/van-gogh-in-provence-van-gogh.html
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I could not find any direct train for a search for this Monday but at :34 after each hour you can take a train from the Gare du Nord Banlieue part (under the main Grandes Lignes station I think and do a simple 5-minute transfer at the suburban Persan Beaumont station for trains direct to Auvers - very simple - there is another route where you have to change at a another suburban station but have 22 minutes between trains. But every hour at :34 is a simple enough rail link - but if you are located in parts of Paris close to RER C then taking that to say Conflans-s-Honore and changing to a train to Auvers may be quicker than trekking over to Gare du Nord.
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The only direct trains to Auvers (from Gare du Nord) are on the weekend. Otherwise, you have to change at either Pontoise or Persan Beaumont.
The Pontoise connection may have the advantage of having three different lines to get there from Paris -- Gare du Nord, Gare Saint Lazare and the RER C. However, I have not actually counted the number of minutes for each itinerary so I don't know how much time can be saved one way or the other.
For anybody also wanting to go to Conflans Sainte Honorine, you should know that it has two different stations -- Conflans Sainte Honorine out of Gare du Nord and Conflans Fin d'Oise on the RER A. When I went there, I arrived at one station and left from the other, which suited me fine because I didn't have to backtrack to the first station.
The Pontoise connection may have the advantage of having three different lines to get there from Paris -- Gare du Nord, Gare Saint Lazare and the RER C. However, I have not actually counted the number of minutes for each itinerary so I don't know how much time can be saved one way or the other.
For anybody also wanting to go to Conflans Sainte Honorine, you should know that it has two different stations -- Conflans Sainte Honorine out of Gare du Nord and Conflans Fin d'Oise on the RER A. When I went there, I arrived at one station and left from the other, which suited me fine because I didn't have to backtrack to the first station.
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You can also get to Conflans from Gare Saint-Lazare. For anyone searching routing information use www.transilien.com and note that you'll have to enter either Gare du Nord, Gare Saint-Lazare or a stop on the RER C as your departure point.
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<i>Those two stations at Conflans are a high and a low station I believe as the lines cross each other - one much higher than the ground level other - anyway some kind of weird station alignment.</i>
Actually, that station with the 'high' station and 'low' station is just one station -- called Conflans Sainte Honorine. The other station that I was talking about -- Conflans Fin d'Oise -- is along the river and is only an RER A station.
Actually, that station with the 'high' station and 'low' station is just one station -- called Conflans Sainte Honorine. The other station that I was talking about -- Conflans Fin d'Oise -- is along the river and is only an RER A station.
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<i>Actually, that station with the 'high' station and 'low' station is just one station -- called Conflans Sainte Honorine. The other station that I was talking about -- Conflans Fin d'Oise -- is along the river and is only an RER A station.</i>
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The above that I wrote is completely wrong! It is the Conflans Fin d'Oise station that has the high station and the low station crossing each other! One is the RER A that does to La Défense/Charles de Gaulle-Etoile/Auber, etc. and the other one goes to Paris Saint Lazare.
I am absolutely not a suburban expert. I have been going to a lot of these places for the first time.
I am absolutely not a suburban expert. I have been going to a lot of these places for the first time.
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Thanks, kerouac! I will be going to Auvers on a day trip when I am in Paris next month. I can't wait. I'm reading Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Haifeh and Gregory White Smith. Fascinating read.
I will also be visiting Arles next month (as part of a 3-week vacation in France).
I will also be visiting Arles next month (as part of a 3-week vacation in France).
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susan001 - if a Van Gogh fan and it Arles be sure also to go to St-Remy-de-Provence, just a few miles away where Van Gogh admitted himself in an asylum after slicing his ear off - like in Auvers there are reproductions of his paintings he did whilst there set up in bucolic scenes where he put them on canvas.