It doesn't take long to get to Auvers Sur Oise, a small village near Paris. You can use your Paris metro card, (the Navigo) and within an hour or so you are in a different world, the world of Vincent. The options abound as you leave the station. Turn left, and you'll arrive at Vincent's last home, turn right and you arrive at the famous church and eventually at his last resting place. Lets turn left; This was the last home of Vincent. You can visit the room where he died by going to the back of the building. The room has been left as it was when he passed away. It has remained empty and was never rented again, due to a local superstition about staying in a place where a person had died by suicide. Auvers is a beautiful village with many winding paths. It is easy to see how it inspired Vincent.. Vincent reportedly had one close friend in Auvers. The famous Dr Gachet. His house is a museum which contains many interesting items about the doctor. It al...
Visiting Vincent Van Gogh