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Paris: The café

"In just one week, at a café, one can learn more about the life and customs of Paris, than spending a year in an English hotel."

Donald Grant Mitchell, Fresh Gleanings, University of Michigan Library, 1847.

A literary city guide

Citimarks takes travelers on a journey to explore the soul of a city. With the help of travel notes and city stories published by famous writers, Citimarks opens a dialogue with the past to identify timeless trademarks: landscapes, customs and lifestyles which survived through the centuries and form the unique identity of a city. Contemporary creative talents –such as, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and chefs- draw their own city portraits and share their favorite 24-hour itineraries, beyond the reach of tourist maps.

Paris

“What was this Paris like? What a vague name! She repeated it [...] for the mere pleasure of it; it rang in her ears like a great cathedral bell; it shone before her eyes, even on labels of her pomade pots.”
Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
Waiter at the Café du Marché, Paris.
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The café
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The seducer
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Andreas Karapanos
Filmmaker Marcus Shenn.
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Marcus Shenn
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Greek Islands

"Here the light penetrates directly to the soul, opens the doors and windows of the heart, makes one naked [...] in a metaphysical bliss which makes everything clear without being known."
Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi
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A town of roommates
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Cosmopolitan Queen
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Konstantinos Tsoumanis
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