pferguson | June 22, 2019
Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix. It is far easier to make war than to make peace. Georges Clemenceau The Versailles Hotels Today the menu may include pumpkin soup, roasted sea bass, and “Taboureich” oysters together with Krug Grande Cuvée Champagne. Nearer to the time…of our interest…Filets de soles Jean-bart, […]
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Tags: Georges Clemenceau, Hôtel des Réservoirs, Paris Peace Conference (1919), Treaty of Versailles, Trianon Palace Hotel, Ulrich Brockdorff-Rantzau, Versailles
pferguson | December 1, 2018
Discussions around the tables… …and so it is December…families…some partly reunited…peace on earth…discussions around the tables and hearths, turn from thoughts of yesterday and tomorrow…somehow today is recognized as a turn away from present conversations…Well today is a new day..but conversations soon pick up from whence they start. The Armistice…soon to be eclipsed by interactions […]
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Tags: Armistice, Hall of Mirrors, Home, Hôtel des Réservoirs, Hôtel Trianon Palace, Paris, Quai d'Orsay (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Paris), Treaty of Versailles (28 June 1919), Versailles
