Paris · Mouriès · Nice–Cannes · Chamonix · Épernay · May–June 2026

Day Two

Monday 25 May

The city first, before the country — and the only part that was ever going to open it.

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41 photographs from Monday 25 May, in the order they were taken. The city first, before the country — and the only part that was ever going to open it. Read Part One — Paris.

Monday 25 May · from 6.53am

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▶ 7.30pmSix seconds of the kitchen — dinner being made at the pass.
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▶ 10.00pmThe tower doing its ten o’clock sparkle, from the Champ de Mars.
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