Tania de Montaigne is a writer and journalist who lives in Montmartre, the Montmartre of today. La butte is her neighbourhood.

In this episode, she tells us about her favourite time of day: the morning, when she sits down to write. It's often between eight thirty and nine o'clock in the morning.

In the notes accompanying the transcript, there are some cutlural notes, and we'll be looking at three expressions used by Tania de Montaigne and other examples of their use in natural French.

So if you want to cultivate your French, in Montmartre or elsewhere, the slow way, I invite you to subscribe to the transcript at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

150 years ago, in 1875, work began on the Sacré-Cœur church on the Butte Montmartre. Today, this church is part of the Parisian landscape and is loved by Parisians and visitors alike, but this was not always the case.

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Montmartre is a district of Paris where the adventure began for many artists, poets and songwriters whose names still resonate on this planet. Here are just a few of the names that make you dream: Suzanne Valadon, Van Gogh, Pissaro, Degas, Renoir, Picasso, Modigliani, Severini, Alphonse Allais, Emile Goudeau and the Hydropathes, Aristide Bruant, and so on. Places too: Le Chat Noir, Le Lapin Agile, Le Cirque Medrano, Le Bal du Moulin de la Galette. And there's one place where all this atmosphere is particularly palpable, and that's the Musée de Montmartre. It's housed in two buildings where artists used to work, as we'll hear today. It's a green, cool setting overlooking Paris.

In today's episode, we meet up with Anne-Laure, with whom I went to the Musée de Montmartre on a beautiful summer's morning. In the notes that accompany this podcast, you'll find cultural references, as well as photos to complete the trip.

So, to keep your Montmartre French up to date, the slow way, I invite you to subscribe to the podcast at www.cultivateyourfrench.com