Program 607a: Bridges and Little Museums of Paris; Burgundy

On the next Travel with Rick Steves, we'll look at the beautiful bridges that set the stage for a romantic walk along the riverfront in Paris.

We'll see what's in some of the city's many small specialty museums and galleries, where one thing they don't share with Paris' big famous museums is a crowd.

And for the pleasure of slowing down to savor the moment, we'll explore the region of Burgundy, a couple hours south of the capital.

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• Elaine Sciolino, author of "The Seine: The River that Made Paris" (W. W. Norton)
• Emma Jacobs, author of "The Little(r) Museums of Paris: An Illustrated Guide to the City's Hidden Gems" (RunningPress)
• Julie Sonveau, tour guide based in Burgundy
• French tour guide Patrick Vidal

• Elaine Sciolino is a longtime Paris-based correspondent for the New York Times. Her latest book about Paris, "The Seine: The River That Made Paris," is now available in paperback.
• Emma Jacobs is the author and illustrator of "The Little(r) Museums of Paris."
• Among the museums Emma includes in her book that she and Rick discuss are the Musée Jacquemart-André, the Museum of Hunting and Nature, Victor Hugo House, Edith Piaf House, Museum of Music, the Museum of the '30s, Musée Condé (Money Museum), Albert Kahn Museum and Gardens, Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paleontology Gallery, Museum of Magic, Museum of Fairground Arts, Villa Savoye, Musée de Montmartre, and the Phonogalerie.
• The Paris Museum Pass works with some 50 museums and monuments in and near Paris.
• Emma describes a few of her favorite specialty Paris museums that children might enjoy visiting.
• The Rick Steves online guide to Burgundy.
• The Guédelon castle project is located between the towns of Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye and Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, in the north of Burgundy.
• The Rick Steves website has online interviews with France tour guides Patrick Vidal and Julie Sonveau.

• "I have an appreciation for all the smaller museums of Paris and I own a copy of this book. My fave is the Museum of the '30s — fabulous collection and really off the beaten path. I also want to recommend one I didn't seem to find in the book: the Albert Kahn Museum and Gardens — quite a unique collection in the history of photography and especially color photography, with a fine garden." (Carolyn in San Diego)
• "My wife and I are visiting Paris with our six-year-old son in tow. In consideration of our son, we have decided to do the sacrilegious and skip the Louvre. What are some smaller museums that a little person might enjoy on our trip?"  (Wes in Covington, Kentucky)   
• Caller just returned from Paris and spent an afternoon in nearby Poissy to visit the Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier. "For anyone with an interest in modern architecture, it is a must see and it's a very easy (and quick) journey out from the city." (Joshua in Evanston, Illinois)
• "I am planning an ambitious trip with four nights in the south of France (Provence / French Riviera) and six nights in the north of France (Paris / Normandy). I want to spend my "extra" night in rural French wine country between the two major spots to break up my trip. Considering distances, where should I go (Burgundy or the Loire), what should I do, and how should I get around?" (Daniel in Washington, DC)
• "I want to do a wine tour at a few local vineyards around Beaune while solo canal boating from Grey to Branges. Any recommendations?" (William in Little Falls, New Jersey)

• Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (Michel Plasson, cond), "'La Belle Excentrique:  Grande Ritournelle (Satie)," Satie: Orchestra Works / EMI Classics 
• Frankie Carle, "Under the Bridges of Paris," The Very Best of Frankie Carle / Master Classics
• Nancy Allen, "Passepied (from her arrangement for harp of the 'Suite Bergamasque') (Debussy)," The Music of Ravel and Debussy / Angel Records
• Michel Legrand, Christiane Legrand, "La Terrase du Cafe," Les Parapluis de Cherbourg (soundtrack) / Sony
• Edith Piaf, "Paris," Edith Piaf-30th Anniversary Anthology, disc 2 / EMI France
• KOS_KAR_1040_09101_Parisian_Waltz_APM
• *St. Germain, "Pont des Artes," Tourist / Blue Note
• Ralph Rousseau, Matangi String Quartet, "Sous le ciel de Paris," Chansons d'amour / Challenge Classics
• F. Barcellini, "Musique Strand (soundtrack from the Jacques Tati film ‘Play Time')," Music from the Films of Jacques Tati / Philips-PolyGram (France)
• Tony Murena, "Caprice Musette," Paris Musette (collection) / Soldore (France)
• Dimitri From Paris, "Encore Un Terlude," Sacrebleu / Atlantic 
• Music box effect from Tin Hat Trio, "Thinvette," Memory is an Elephant / Angel
• Pascal Rogé, "Gymnopedie No. 1 for piano (Satie)," After the Rain: The Soft Sounds of Erik Satie / London Records
• Audio effects of unnamed salon orchestra and Swiss cabinet music box recordings at the Phonograph Gallerie in Paris were supplied by Emma Jacobs.
• * Django Reinhardt, "Echoes of France ('Le Marseilleise')," L'essentiel de Django Reinhardt - Les 100 classiques immanquables / Cristal Records
• Vert, "Original Oddstep (revised by Grand Unified)," Saint Germain Café: The Finest Electro-Jazz Compilation (collection) / Wagram (France)
• Tin Hat Trio, "Thinvette," Memory is an Elephant / Angel
• Taize Instrumental (Annamarie Kertesz, Reka Szabo, Iren Móré), "Mon ame se repose," Taizé Instrumental 2 / Ateliers et Presse de Taizé
• Ralph Rousseau, Matangi String Quartet, "La vie en rose," Chansons d'amour / Challenge Classics
• The Women's Philharmonic, Gillian Benet, harp, Jo Ann Falletta, conductor, "'Rondo' from 'Concertino for Harp and Orchestra' (Germaine Tailleferre)," The Women's Philharmonic:  Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann / Koch International Classics
• Rouge Rouge, "C'est Presque Ca," Paris Lounge 2-Paris By Day (collection) / Wagram

* Indicates filler music used during internal breaks on the broadcast

• At 16:36, Elaine describes a fad in China for brides-to-be to pose in their wedding attire on a bridge facing the Eiffel Tower.
• Rick says there are some 200 smaller, specialty museums in Paris, in the open to segment B. 
• Specific smaller museums mentioned in segment B are the Musée Jacquemart-André, the Museum of Hunting and Nature, Victor Hugo House, Edith Piaf House, Museum of Music, the Museum of the '30s, Musée Condé (Money Museum), Albert Kahn Museum and Gardens, Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paleontology Gallery, Museum of Magic, Museum of Fairground Arts, Villa Savoye, Musée de Montmartre, and the Phonogalerie.
• At 24:30, Emma says there are 14 municipal-owned museums in Paris that are usually free to enter.
• At 32:45, Emma tells caller Wes that she believes many smaller museums may offer English language tours, mostly in the summer.
• Rick says at 33:25 that caller Joshua was in Paris a few months before the pandemic shutdowns. Joshua mentions that many museums are free on the first Sunday of the month.
• At 41:52, Rick and the guides note that the TGV train line can get you from Paris to Burgundy in a bit over an hour.
• At 48:17, caller Daniel says he plans to travel to France in August.
• At 50:50, Julie says the organizers of the Guédelon castle project expect it to be completed by 2025.