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France 2026

Paris · Mouriès · Nice–Cannes · Chamonix · Épernay · May–June 2026
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The trip, in five parts

Paris to Épernay

Each part has a written page and its days. Read it, or press play and let it run.
Part One
Paris
24–29 May · 6 days · 151 photographs
The city first, before the country — and the only part that was ever going to open it.
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Part Two
Mouriès
30 May – 4 June · 6 days · 61 photographs
The long middle of the trip, measured in lunches that went on too far into the afternoon.
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Part Three
Nice–Cannes
5–7 June · 3 days · 22 photographs
Down to the coast: an apartment window open on the town, the Croisette in the morning, a toast standing in the shallows.
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Part Four
Chamonix
8–11 June · 4 days · 119 photographs
The mountains — the register's one change of altitude.
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Part Five
Épernay
12–13 June · 2 days · 49 photographs
The cellars, and the way home.
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The moments

Thirty-four pieces of film

The clips from the phone, filed into their days where they happened — Paris at night, the Mer de Glace, the ridge at 3,842 metres, the rafts on the Giffre. Tap one and the day opens at that moment.
▶Day 1 · 24 May · 11.40am▶Day 2 · 25 May · 7.30pm▶Day 2 · 25 May · 10.00pm▶Day 5 · 28 May · 10.56am▶Day 5 · 28 May · 8.13pm▶Day 5 · 28 May · 8.44pm▶Day 5 · 28 May · 10.06pm▶Day 5 · 28 May · 10.28pm▶Day 17 · 9 June · 1.38pm▶Day 17 · 9 June · 1.45pm▶Day 17 · 9 June · 1.55pm▶Day 17 · 9 June · 2.37pm▶Day 17 · 9 June · 8.04pm▶Day 17 · 9 June · 9.26pm▶Day 18 · 10 June · 9.09am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 9.36am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 9.46am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 9.57am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 10.02am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 10.02am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 10.24am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 10.27am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 10.43am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 11.33am▶Day 18 · 10 June · 12.05pm▶Day 18 · 10 June · 8.23pm▶Day 18 · 10 June · 10.28pm▶Day 19 · 11 June · 12.15pm▶Day 19 · 11 June · 12.37pm▶Day 19 · 11 June · 1.14pm▶Day 19 · 11 June · 2.24pm▶Day 19 · 11 June · 2.51pm▶Day 19 · 11 June · 2.56pm▶Day 21 · 13 June · 7.04pm
The trip, day by day

The days

Twenty-one days in five parts — Paris, Mouriès, Nice–Cannes, Chamonix, Épernay. Each part has a written page; each day has its photographs.
Day One
Sunday 24 May
Day Two
Monday 25 May
Day Three
Tuesday 26 May
Day Four
Wednesday 27 May
Day Five
Thursday 28 May
Day Six
Friday 29 May
No photographs that day
Day Seven
Saturday 30 May
Day Eight
Sunday 31 May
Day Nine
Monday 1 June
Day Ten
Tuesday 2 June
Day Eleven
Wednesday 3 June
Day Twelve
Thursday 4 June
Day Thirteen
Friday 5 June
Day Fourteen
Saturday 6 June
Day Fifteen
Sunday 7 June
Day Sixteen
Monday 8 June
Day Seventeen
Tuesday 9 June
Day Eighteen
Wednesday 10 June
Day Nineteen
Thursday 11 June
Day Twenty
Friday 12 June
Day Twenty-one
Saturday 13 June
Addresses worth keeping

The Little Black Book

The tables, the stays, and the people met along the way — the short list you would actually give a friend who asked.
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Black Book
Tables · Stays · People

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