Walking Paris with Henry Miller

Another regular watering hole for Miller at this intersection was a café called the Bouquet d’Alésia: “Hardly a day of my life, after moving to the Villa Seurat, ever passed without a drink or two at either Café Zeyer or the Café Bouquet d’Alésia at the Carrefour d’Alésia.” Miller often stopped here in the company [...]

Our next walk will cover the neighborhood of Montsouris where Henry Miller lived from 1934 to 1939. To arrive at our first stop, take the metro to the Alésia station, which is on line 4 (Paris metro map PDF). As you emerge from the metro, notice the bright yellow awning which swathes the brasserie astride one [...]